Health Sciences Search Filters

This database presents an assortment of search filters developed and maintained by CADTH’s Research Information Services Filters Working Group. These filters have been extensively tested by the Research Information Services team and are routinely used in CADTH projects. Some filters have been validated against a gold standard set of articles, while others have been pragmatically validated.

Breavement, Grief and Loss; Contraception, Dementia, Cancer, Opthalmology, Heath Failure, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Lung Cancer, Palliative Care, Primary Health Care, Residential Aged Care, Stroke

AIDS, Bioethics, Cancer, Complementary Medicine , Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART), Dietary Supplements, History of Medicine, Space Life Sciences, Systematic Reviews, Toxicology, Veterinary Science

"Aims to provide easy access to published and unpublished search filters. It also provides information and guidance on how to critically appraise search filters, study design filters in progress and information on the development and use of search filters."

A variety of search hedges and filters including some COVID, Zika, Ebola, Gender, Age, Pharmacovigilence, Family Medicine, Mixed Methods.

Filters for systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, observational studies, diagnostic studies, economic studies, and patient issues

Measurement properties of measurement instruments.

A centralized hub of freely available resources for anyone sourcing and developing search strategies for healthcare related topics.