Table 2 Characteristics of publications included in this systematic review
From: A systematic review of reasons for and against asking patients about their socioeconomic contexts
Publication Type | |
 Original research | 67 (58 quantitative, 7 qualitative, 2 mixed) |
 Opinions, analyses, editorials, or letters | 57 |
 Practice or policy reports | 10 |
 Books or book chapters | 4 |
Publication date | |
 1970–1979 | 4 |
 1980–1989 | 1 |
 1990–1999 | 12 |
 2000–2009 | 34 |
 2010–2016 | 87 |
Publication origin | |
 America | 72 |
 UK | 20 |
 Canada | 16 |
 France | 7 |
 Switzerland | 5 |
 Elsewhere | 18 |
Publication field | |
 Clinical Medicine |  |
  General medicine | 34 |
  Primary Care | 28 |
  Paediatrics | 18 |
  Other specialities | 9 |
  Public health /health policy | 27 |
  Nursing | 4 |
  Healthcareinformatics | 7 |
  Psychology | 4 |
  Ethics | 3 |
  Social work | 2 |
  Patient education | 2 |