The Development of Ambulatory Cancer Care in the UK: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the scoping review.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Cancer-related treatment or care that is usually given in an inpatient setting.	Non-cancer focused
All publications and responses directly related to the delivery or receipt of Ambulatory Care that:	Refer to standard daycare outpatient or domiciliary services
	Refer to surgical management of cancer/surgical pathways
(i) Describe the context within which AC has been introduced	Refer to a community-coordinated ambulatory care service (i.e., not hospital-led)
(ii) Describe the drivers for service introduction	Focus is palliative care
(iii) Describe theoretical literature which speaks to the AC service	Exclusive focus on medication safety or pharmacology
	Management of neutropenia in a home setting
(iv) Consider the philosophy underpinning the service	Focus on cancer screening, prediagnosis or cancer prevention
(v) Report the experience of service users	Report clinical, toxicity, safety, or efficacy outcomes uncontextualised to patient experience or wellbeing
(vi) Report the benefits and challenges of the service	New added criteria:
(vii) Allow consideration of common features across AC services	Thromboembolism or its prevention
	Exclusive focus on breast, urological, prostate or lung cancer patients or services
	Primary focus on staffing or workforce requirements