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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Readmission rates following heart failure: a scoping review of sex and gender based considerations

Study Characteristics

Type, n

Journal disciplines

Peer-reviewed or double blind, n = 34 Dissertations, n = 2

Grey Literature (n = included/potentially eligible)

CADTH- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health n = 0/15

Center for Disease Control n.ra.

CIHI n.r.

Health Canada n = 0/9

Google Scholar n = 1/491

TRIP n = 1/19

National Technical Information Service n = 1/581

Scopus n = 1/10

Duck Duck Go n = 2/200

UofT Theses and Dissertations in the Sciences n = 0

OAIster n = 0/2

Health Quality Ontario, n = 0/5

New York Academy of Medicine’s Grey Literature Report n = 0

Open Grey n = 0/4

T-space n = 0/31

World Health Organization n.r.

Consultation Experts

Journal Articles 1/7 (exclusion criteria: did not address re-admission)

Study Design

Prospective n = 11

Retrospective n = 25

Year of publication

2013–2017 n = 14

2008–2012 n = 13

2002–2007 n = 9

Geographical region

North America (US n = 14, Canada n = 4)

Europe n = 11

Asia n = 4

Australia n = 2

Africa n = 1

  1. aN.r. Not reported