Table 1 Search strategy for this review in MEDLINE

1

primary health care/or primary health.mp.

99,258

2

health promotion/or promotion.mp.

158,646

3

primary prevention/or prevention.mp.

1,722,610

4

1 or 2 or 3

1,916,133

5

rural.mp. or rural health/or rural health services/

176,173

6

models.mp.

2,568,983

7

4 and 5 and 6

3783

8

allied health personnel/or allied health.mp.

20,765

9

dietitian.mp. or nutritionists/

4229

10

dietician.mp. or nutritionists/

2314

11

occupational therapy/or occupational ther*.mp.

20,904

12

social work/or social work*.mp.

28,397

13

physio*.mp.

5,545,446

14

physical ther*.mp. or physical therapists/

57,952

15

Psycholog*.mp. or Psychology/

1,545,157

16

Pharma*.mp.

4,011,147

17

speech path*.mp.

1464

18

Language Therapy/or Speech Therapy/or speech ther*.mp.

10,080

19

physiotherapy.mp.

21,311

20

Optometrists/or Optometry/or optometr*.mp.

8047

21

Audiology/or audiolo*.mp. or Audiologists/

12,093

22

Exercise/or Physiology/or exercise physiolo*.mp.

142,738

23

Exercise Therapy/or Exercise/or exercise ther*.mp.

157,639

24

Mental Health/or Community Mental Health Services/or Mental Health Services/or mental.mp.

578,394

25

8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24

10,063,202

26

access.mp.

352,455

27

Treatment Outcome/or Outcome Assessment, Health Care/or outcome.mp.

2,024,212

28

“Quality of Health Care”/or “Quality of Life”/or quality.mp.

1,289,730

29

26 or 27 or 28

3,369,422

30

7 and 25 and 29

397

31

limit 30 to (english language and yr="2000 -Current”)

370