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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied in the scoping review

From: Factors associated with increasing rural doctor supply in Asia-Pacific LMICs: a scoping review

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

1

English language

Non-English language

2

Year of publication 1999–2019 (July 1999–June 2019)

Year of publication before 1999 or after July 2019

3

Countries of study classified as low- or middle-income (LMICs) and were located in the Asia-Pacific region, as defined by East Asia and Pacific and South Asia region by the World Bank [22]

Countries of study classified as not LMICs, or not East Asia and Pacific or South Asia, or LMICs in Asia-Pacific that are overseas territories of other nations, or include populations from LMICs in Asia-Pacific but not separately reporting the results for this group from other non-LMICs or non-Asia-Pacific countries

4

Investigates outcome as preference or intention (i.e., attitude towards or intention for rural work, intention to stay) or actual work (i.e., current rural work or rural retention)

No preference or intention for rural work or staying or actually working in rural location reported

5

Investigates work in rural or in any remote area or in any underserved area defined by geographic-related criteria or by the authors or reports for rural, remote or underserved separately

Investigates work in metropolitan or in unspecified geographic location without separately reporting work in rural, remote or underserved locations

6

Exploring factors related to the outcome as mentioned in criteria 4

Did not explore factors related to the outcome, for example: presented the proportion of respondents working in rural location without exploring why

7

Analyzes the results for either doctors who completed their medical qualifications at tertiary (university) level, or medical students training at tertiary level, or both

Articles including other types of health workers without separate reporting for tertiary qualified doctors or medical students

8

Full-text of the articles available using online database, browsing or accessible through the University

Full-text irretrievable after attempting searching online database, browsing or via support from the University library

9

Empirical research or review article with a clear search strategy

Non-empirical or review articles without clear search strategies