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Database(s): Embase 1988 to 2011 Week 45 , Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and
Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1948 to Present , PsycINFO 1987 to November Week 2 2011
Search Strategy:
Searches thorax pain/ noncardiac chest pain/ syndrome X/
(chest burn or ((cardiac or chest or heart or thorax or thoracic) adj2 pain) or ((cardiac or angina) adj2 syndrome x) or (microvascular adj2 angina) or ((suspected or potential or subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 (acute coronary syndrome* or acs or acute myocardial infarct* or ami or stroke*))).tw. or/1-4 hospitalization/
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8
5
6 statistics/
6 and 7
9 *hospital utilization/
10 "length of stay"/
11 *hospital admission/
12 hospital discharge/
13 hospital readmission/
14 "hospital subdivisions and components"/
15 8 and 14
16 *health care utilization/
17 (ecu visit* or re-admi* or readmi* or re-hospital* or rehospital* or previous* hospitali?* or
(frequent* adj1 (use* or attend* or fl?er*)) or (health adj3 (care or service*) adj3 (consum* or seeking behavio?r* or use* or utili?ation*)) or ((number or rate*) adj3 (admission* or visit*)) or
(repeat* adj2 visit*) or ((subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 hospital adj2
(admission* or encounter* or visit*)) or (patient* adj2 discharge*)).tw.
18 or/8-13,15-17
19 5 and 18
20 limit 19 to "causation-etiology (maximizes sensitivity)" [Limit not valid in PsycINFO; records were retained]
21 et.fs.
22 19 and 21
23 20 or 22
Results
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3525638
716
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8858
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5618
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24 incidence/ or prevalence/
25 cross-sectional study/
26 (incidence* or prevalence* or epidemiol*).tw.
27 ep.fs.
28 or/24-27
29 19 and 28
30 outcome assessment/
31 fatality/
32 mortality/
33 survival rate/
34 treatment outcome/
35 (cardiac adj2 outcome*).tw.
36 or/30-35
37 19 and 36
38 limit 19 to "prognosis (best balance of sensitivity and specificity)" [Limit not valid in PsycINFO; records were retained]
39 37 or 38
40 23 or 29 or 39
41 cohort analysis/
42 follow up/
43 longitudinal study/ or prospective study/ or retrospective study/
44 ((prospective or retrospective) adj3 stud*).tw.
45 (consecutiv* adj5 patient*).tw.
46 or/41-45
47 40 and 46
48 limit 47 to (danish or english or german or norwegian or swedish)
49 limit 48 to yr="1990 -Current"
50 49 use emed
51 Chest Pain/
52 Microvascular Angina/
53 (chest burn or ((cardiac or chest or heart or thorax or thoracic) adj2 pain) or ((cardiac or angina) adj2 syndrome x) or (microvascular adj2 angina) or ((suspected or potential or subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 (acute coronary syndrome* or acs or acute myocardial infarct* or ami or stroke*))).tw.
54 or/51-53
55 Hospitalization/sn, ut [Statistics & Numerical Data, Utilization]
56 "length of stay"/ or patient admission/ or patient discharge/ or patient readmission/ or
704769
192393
1881312
1717731
3120653
979
142611
44131
378222
215704
1061509
5249
1702119
1192
1765
2134718
1728
1619
1585
1085
40050
2335
60664
2371
3501
235185
513363
1189303
609662
275631
82127
13597
260692

patient transfer/
57 Health Services/ut [Utilization]
58 Recurrence/
59 Hospital Units/sn, ut [Statistics & Numerical Data, Utilization]
60 (ecu visit* or re-admi* or readmi* or re-hospital* or rehospital* or previous* hospitali?* or
(frequent* adj1 (use* or attend* or fl?er*)) or (health adj3 (care or service*) adj3 (consum* or seeking behavio?r* or use* or utili?ation*)) or ((number or rate*) adj3 (admission* or visit*)) or
(repeat* adj2 visit*) or ((subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 hospital adj2
(admission* or encounter* or visit*)) or (patient* adj2 discharge*)).tw.
61 or/55-60
62 54 and 61
63 limit 62 to "causation-etiology (maximizes sensitivity)" [Limit not valid in PsycINFO; records were retained]
64 etiology.fs.
65 62 and 64
66 63 or 65
67 incidence/ or prevalence/
68 Cross-Sectional Studies/
69 (incidence* or prevalence* or epidemiol*).tw.
70 epidemiology.fs.
71 or/67-70
72 62 and 71
73 "Outcome Assessment (Health Care)"/
74 fatal outcome/ or hospital mortality/ or survival rate/
75 treatment outcome/
76 (cardiac adj2 outcome*).tw.
77 mortality.fs.
78 or/73-77
79 62 and 78
80 limit 62 to "prognosis (maximizes sensitivity)" [Limit not valid in PsycINFO; records were retained]
81 79 or 80
82 66 or 72 or 81
83 cohort studies/ or longitudinal studies/ or follow-up studies/ or prospective studies/ or retrospective studies/
84 ((prospective or retrospective) adj3 stud*).tw.
85 (consecutiv* adj5 patient*).tw.
86 or/83-85
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244288
737
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679034
9891
5943
613696
1061509
5249
361199
1984493
3179
7072
1886143
1246
6447
704769
192393
1881312
1025376
2767509
2065
183577
7661
8891
2082864
609662
275631
2444199

87 82 and 86
88 limit 87 to (danish or english or german or norwegian or swedish)
89 limit 88 to yr="1990 -Current"
90 89 use prmz
91 angina pectoris/
92 chest pain.id.
93 (chest burn or ((cardiac or chest or heart or thorax or thoracic) adj2 pain) or ((cardiac or angina) adj2 syndrome x) or (microvascular adj2 angina) or ((suspected or potential or subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 (acute coronary syndrome* or acs or acute myocardial infarct* or ami or stroke*))).tw.
94 or/91-93
95 hospitalization/ or hospital admission/ or hospital discharge/
96 treatment duration/
97 client transfer/
98 (Readmission or hospital admission or (Health adj (care or service) adj utilization)).id.
99 (ecu visit* or re-admi* or readmi* or re-hospital* or rehospital* or previous* hospitali?* or
(frequent* adj1 (use* or attend* or fl?er*)) or (health adj3 (care or service*) adj3 (consum* or seeking behavio?r* or use* or utili?ation*)) or ((number or rate*) adj3 (admission* or visit*)) or
(repeat* adj2 visit*) or ((subsequent* or recurrent or repeat* or previous*) adj2 hospital adj2
(admission* or encounter* or visit*)) or (patient* adj2 discharge*)).tw.
100 or/95-99
101 94 and 100
102 limit 101 to (danish or english or german or norwegian or swedish)
103 limit 102 to yr="1990 -Current"
104 103 use psyf
105 50 or 90 or 104
106 remove duplicates from 105
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66275
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History
Search Query
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Select 100 document(s)
Search (#1) AND #2 Limits: published in the last 2 years
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Search (“ecu visit*” OR re-admi* OR readmi* OR “re-hospital*” OR rehospital* OR
“previous* hospitaliz*” OR “previous* hospitalis*” OR “frequent* use*” OR “frequent* attend*” OR “frequent flier*” OR “frequent flyer*” OR ((“health care service*”) AND
(consum* OR “seeking behavior*” OR “seeking behaviour*” OR use* OR utilization* OR utilisation*)) OR ((number OR rate*) AND (admission* OR visit*)) OR (repeat* AND visit*)
OR ((subsequent* OR recurrent OR repeat* OR previous*) AND hospital AND (admission*
OR encounter* OR visit*)) OR “patient discharge*” OR “patients discharge*”)
Search (“chest burn” OR “cardiac pain” OR “chest pain” OR “heart pain” OR “thorax pain”
OR “thoracic pain” OR “cardiac syndrome x” OR “angina syndrome x” OR “microvascular angina” OR ((suspected OR potential OR subsequent* OR recurrent OR repeat* OR previous*) AND (“acute coronary syndrome*” OR acs OR “acute myocardial infarct*” OR ami OR stroke*))) pubmed clipboard
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