Supplementary Table 1. Search Algorithm
Database Search Terms
PubMed
(("Mastectomy"[Mesh] OR "Mastectomy"[tiab] OR "Mastectomies"[tiab]) AND ("Breast reconstruction"[tiab] OR "Breast reconstructions"[tiab] OR
"Reconstructive Surgical Procedures"[Mesh] OR "Breast Implants"[Mesh]) OR
"Tissue Expansion Devices"[Mesh] OR "Free Tissue Flaps"[Mesh]) AND ("Quality Indicators, Health Care"[Mesh] OR "quality"[tiab] OR "health care quality"[tiab] OR "process assessment"[tiab] OR “process”[tiab] OR “structure assessment” OR “structure” OR "treatment outcome"[tiab] OR "care
performance"[tiab] OR "care outcome"[tiab] OR "surgical quality"[All Fields]) AND ("2007/01/01"[PDAT] : "2019/01/01"[PDAT]) NOT ("animals"[MeSH Terms] NOT "humans"[MeSH Terms])
Embase
('mastectomy'/exp OR 'mastectomy' OR 'mastectomy':ti,ab OR 'mastectomies':ti,ab OR 'mammaplasty':ti,ab OR 'mammaplasties':ti,ab) AND ('breast
reconstruction'/exp OR 'breast reconstruction' OR 'breast reconstruction':ti,ab OR 'breast reconstructions':ti,ab) AND (((quality NEAR/3 (assessment* OR indicator*
OR metric* OR criter*)):ti,ab) OR 'process assessment':ti,ab OR 'structure assessment':ti,ab OR 'structure':ti,ab OR 'treatment outcome':ti,ab OR 'care performance':ti,ab OR 'care outcome':ti,ab OR 'surgical quality':ti,ab OR 'health care quality'/de OR 'benchmarking'/de OR 'clinical effectiveness'/de OR 'clinical indicator'/de OR 'health care survey'/de OR 'health equity'/de OR 'incident report'/de OR 'patient attitude'/de OR 'performance measurement system'/de OR 'practice gap'/de OR 'treatment outcome'/de) AND (2007:py OR 2008:py OR 2009:py OR 2010:py OR 2011:py OR 2012:py OR 2013:py OR 2014:py OR 2015:py OR 2016:py OR 2017:py OR 2018:py OR 2019:py) AND 'article'/it
