Healthcare Decision-Making in a Crisis: A Qualitative Systemic Review Protocol

Table 1

Search terms.

PICo	Inclusion	Exclusion	Search terms
Participants (P)	Healthcare leaders	Health professionals not in a leadership role or involved in organizational or system decision-making positions; health students	“Healthcare leader”[tiab] OR “healthcare executive”[tiab] OR “healthcare administrator”[tiab] OR “medical leader”[tiab] OR “clinical leader”[tiab] OR “hospital administrator”[tiab] OR “health system leader”[tiab] OR “healthcare manager”[tiab]
Phenomenon of interest (I1)	Experiences or reflection on healthcare leadership	Leadership outside of healthcare	“Leadership strategy”[tiab] OR “strategies in leadership”[tiab] OR “leadership approach”[tiab] OR “effective leadership”[tiab] OR “successful leadership”[tiab] OR “leadership style”[tiab] OR “strategic leadership”[tiab] OR “leadership tactic”[tiab] OR “innovative leadership”[tiab] OR “adaptive leadership”[tiab] OR “transformational leadership”[tiab] OR “situational leadership”[tiab] OR leadership[Mh] OR “experience”[tiab] OR “reflect”[tiab]
Phenomenon of interest (I2)	Decision-making	Decision-making outside of healthcare	“Emergency decision-making”[tiab] OR “disaster decision-making”[tiab] OR “healthcare crisis decision”[tiab] OR “medical emergency decision”[tiab] OR “hospital crisis management”[tiab] OR “decision strategies in crises”[tiab] OR “decision processes during emergency”[tiab] OR “decision-making in critical situations”[tiab] OR “decision-making process”[tiab] OR “decision processes”[tiab] OR “decision-making mechanism”[tiab] OR “decision modelling”[tiab] OR “decision-making pathway”[tiab] OR “medical decision-making”[tiab] OR “healthcare decision-making”[tiab] OR “clinical decision processes”[tiab] OR decision-making[Mh] OR mental processes[Mh]
Context (Co1)	Healthcare, public health, or population health	Nonhealthcare organizations, universities and other educational institutions	“Hospital”[tiab] OR “community”[tiab] OR “medical care”[tiab] OR “medical industry”[tiab] OR “public health”[tiab] OR “population health”[tiab] OR health[Mh] OR organizations[Mh] OR delivery of health care[Mh] OR tertiary healthcare[Mh] OR primary health care[Mh] OR patient care management[Mh]
Context (Co2)	In-crisis or during a crisis	Precrisis or postcrisis	“Emergency response”[tiab] OR “emergency preparedness”[tiab] OR “emergency management”[tiab] OR “disaster response”[tiab] OR “disaster preparedness”[tiab] OR “disaster management”[tiab] OR “healthcare emergency response”[tiab] OR “medical emergency preparedness”[tiab] OR “hospital emergency management”[tiab] OR “crisis response”[tiab] OR “crisis preparedness”[tiab] OR “crisis management”[tiab] OR “crisis management”[tiab] OR “emergency management” OR “disaster management”[tiab] OR “Crisis”[tiab] OR critical care[Mh]