Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
From: Health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: a rapid scoping review
Criterion | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Language | English | All other |
Country | Canada or substantial Canadian focus | All other |
Date | 2008 – 2021 | All other |
Document type | Peer-reviewed publications (research, discussion papers, theoretical papers, reviews), organizational documents, policies, strategic plans, reports, position statementsa | Theses/dissertations, clinical practice guidelines, conference proceedings, slide presentations, news stories |
Health equity concept | Use of terms ‘health equity’, ‘healthcare equity’, ‘health inequity’, ‘healthcare inequity’, or their variations (inequality, disparity) | Do not use specified terms, refer to determinants of health without reference to health equity (or variant term) |
Health equity goal or action | Discusses a health equity (or related term) goal or aim explicitly, or discusses health equity actions that imply a health equity goal or aim | Does not discuss a health equity (or related term) goal or aim explicitly or implicitly |
Cancer care sector | Focus on one or more points along the cancer continuum: prevention and screening, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, survivorship care, end-of-life care | Focus is outside of the cancer continuum or external to the cancer care sector |
Health systems perspective | Focus on health equity from a health systems perspective: health financing, policy, planning, structuring, management, healthcare access, workforce and human resources, service delivery, leadership and governance | Focus is not on the health system; e.g., specific clinical care (e.g., applying ice during chemotherapy), cancer treatments, clinical trials |