Table 1 MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy

1

health services misuse/or medical overuse/

2

Unnecessary Procedures/

3

((misuse* or overuse* or unnecessary or ineffective or overtreat* or overdiagnos* or overutilis* or overutiliz* or low value or waste*) adj5 (health or healthcare or care or procedure* or intervention* or test* or treatment*)).tw,kf.

4

((abandon* or contradict* or refute* or refuting or reassess* or re-assess* or obsole* or revers* or delist* or de-list* or disinvest* or dis-invest* or discontinu* or dis-continu* or decommission* or de-commission* or deadopt* or de-adopt* or de-implement* or deimplement*) adj5 (medical or health or healthcare or policy or procedure* or intervention*)).tw,kf.

5

1 or 2 or 3 or 4

6

patient participation/or community participation/

7

patient satisfaction/or patient preference/

8

((patient* or family* or families or public or citizen* or consumer*) adj5 (perception* or engag* or involv* or participat* or decision* or interaction* or role* or aware* or conversation* or responsibilit* or discuss*)).tw,kf.

9

6 or 7 or 8

10

5 and 9

11

choosing wisely.mp.

12

10 or 11

13

Limit 12 to English language