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Table 1 MEDLINE search terms and results: using the Boolean logic terms “OR” and “AND”, these search term sets were used in strategy

From: Exploring the intangible economic costs of stillbirth

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Search terms

Results

1

Stillbirth$.mp. or Stillbirth/

8151

2

Fetal death$.mp. or Fetal Death/

25,887

3

Perinatal death$.mp.

3280

4

Perinatal loss$.mp.

486

5

Pregnancy loss$.mp.

4033

6

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

36,916

7

Psycho* effects.mp.

5108

8

Grief.mp. or exp Grief/

8957

9

Pain/px [Psychology]

12,474

10

Stress, Psychological/

88,636

11

Suffering.mp. or Stress, Psychological/

180,766

12

“Costs and Cost Analysis”/ or “Cost of Illness”/ or intangible costs.mp.

59,734

13

7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12

262,049

14

6 and 13

924

15

Cost$.mp. or “Costs and Cost Analysis”/

414,970

16

Economic$.mp.

203,888

17

15 or 16

563,572

18

6 and 17

1027

19

6 and 13 and 17

79

20

Limit 19 to (english language and humans)

63

21

Limit 18 to (english language and humans)

761

22

Limit 14 to (english language and humans)

743

  1. Highlighted figures indicate final search terms results