Table 1 Search strategy
Search terms used in PubMed, modified and used in other databases | |
Category | Search terms combined with AND |
Cost related analysis | Implementation cost OR cost-effectiveness OR cost analysis OR cost-benefit OR marginal cost |
Intervention type | HIV testing |
Region | sub-saharan Africa OR sub saharan Africa OR SSA |
Combined search | ((implementation cost OR cost-effectiveness OR cost analysis OR cost-benefit OR marginal cost) AND (HIV testing)) AND (sub-saharan Africa OR sub saharan Africa OR SSA) |
Search results: | |
Database | Number of items |
Pubmed | 613 |
Ovid (APA PsycInfo, Journals@ovid full text) | 553 |
Scopus: | 27 |
Web of science | 270 |
Global health | 27 |
Cinahl | 19 |
Google Scholar [search terms – allintitle: Africa AND HIV testing AND cost analysis + allintitle: Africa AND HIV testing AND cost-effectiveness) | 10 |