TY - JOUR AU - Sladek, Ruth M. AU - Tieman, Jennifer AU - Currow, David C. PY - 2007 DA - 2007/06/28 TI - Improving search filter development: a study of palliative care literature JO - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making SP - 18 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - It is difficult to systematically search for literature relevant to palliative care in general medical journals. A previously developed search filter for use on OVID Medline validated using a gold standard set of references identified through hand searching, achieved an unacceptably low sensitivity (45.4%). Retrieving relevant literature is integral to support evidence based practice, and understanding the nature of the incorrectly excluded citations (false negatives) using the filter may lead to improvement in the filter's performance. SN - 1472-6947 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-7-18 DO - 10.1186/1472-6947-7-18 ID - Sladek2007 ER -