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25. ambulatory surgery (559 records)
26. outpatient surgery (264 records)
27. day surgery (525 records)
28. day case surgery (204 records)
29. #25 or #26 or #27 or #28 (1353 records)
30. #29 and #22 (51 records)
Economic literature
1. anesth* or anaesth* (88,179 records)
2. ‘costs and cost analysis’ (6549 records)
3. ‘cost benefit analysis’ (10,026 records)
4. cost benefit analysis (10,026 records)
5. economic evaluation (499 records)
6. economic analysis (310 records)
7. cost effectiveness (4229 records)
8. hospital costs (1553 records)
9. health resources (1743 records)
10. pt=editorial (54,322 records)
11. pt=letter (179,921 records)
12. tg=human (2,189,306 records)
13. propofol (3071 records)
14. enflurane or halothane or sevoflurane or
isoflurane (7238 records)
15. nitrous oxide or thiopentone (3745 records)
16. economics (49,923 records)
17. cost of illness (1468 records)
18. cost saving or cost minimisation or cost
minimization (505 records)
19. cost benefit (10,583 records)
20. #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or
#16 or #17 or #18 or #19 (56,223 records)
21. #1 and #12 and #20 (1170 records)
22. #21 and (#13 or #14 or #15) (103 records)
23. #22 (103 records)
24. #22 and (py=1997--1999) (42 records)
Further searches
First search strategy
Two further literature searches were carried out
on all the databases, with the assistance of Lee
Hooper (Research Associate in Evidence Based
Care and Systematic Review, The Cochrane
Suite, MANDEC University Dental Hospital
of Manchester, UK) to identify any
further studies.
Search period 1997 to November Week 4 2000;
saved citations 1–80 from set 29:
1. anaesth$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(7984 records)
2. anesth$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(26,432 records)
3. 1 or 2 (30,180 records)
4. halothane.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(1389 records)
5. enflurane.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(235 records)
6. sevoflurane.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(850 records)
7. isoflurane.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(1548 records)
8. propofol.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(1909 records)
9. nitrous oxide.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(1279 records)
10. 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 (5195 records)
11. 3 and 10 (4669 records)
12. limit 11 to (human and english language)
(2472 records)
13. nause$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(4380 records)
14. vomit$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(4988 records)
15. post-operative.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(2734 records)
16. dizz$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry number
word, mesh subject heading] (1207 records)
17. readmi$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(1153 records)
18. cost$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry number
word, mesh subject heading] (33,086 records)
19. econom$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(11,140 records)
20. resour$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(9920 records)
21. quality of life.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(12,910 records)
22. utility.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(8686 records)
23. utilit$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry
number word, mesh subject heading]
(8889 records)