Search terms to be adapted for use in the different databases for the review
| Search term category | Specific search term |
| Intervention | ‘ante*natal care’ OR ANC OR ‘birth’ OR ‘skilled birth attendance’ OR ‘obstetric emergenc*’ OR ‘emergency obstetric care’ OR EmOC OR ‘caesarean*’ OR ‘vacuum’ OR ‘post*natal care’ OR ‘PNC’ OR obstetric OR delivery OR maternity OR ‘family planning’ OR contraception |
| Cost | ‘cost*’ OR ‘cost of care’ OR ‘cost*analysis’ OR ‘cost*effectiveness’ OR ‘cost*utility’ OR ‘cost*benefit’ OR ‘economic evaluation’ |
| Setting of interest | ‘Low-and-Middle-Income Countr*’, ‘low income countr*’, ‘Africa’, ‘sub-Saharan Africa’, ‘Asia’, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, ‘Bosnia and Herzegovina’, Botswana, ‘Brazil’, ‘Burkina Faso’, Burundi, ‘Cabo Verde’, Cambodia, Cameroon, ‘Central African Republic’, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, ‘Democratic Republic of Congo’, Congo, ‘Costa Rica’, ‘Côte d'Ivoire’, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, ‘Dominican Republic’, Ecuador, Egypt, ‘El Salvador’, ‘Equatorial Guinea’, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, ‘Lao People's Democratic Republic’, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, ‘Marshall Islands’, Mauritania, Maritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, ‘Papua New Guinea’, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, ‘São Tomé and Príncipe’, Senegal, Serbia, ‘Sierra Leone’, ‘Solomon Islands’, Somalia, ‘South Africa’, ‘South Sudan’, ‘Sri Lanka’, ‘St. Lucia’, ‘St. Vincent and The Grenadines’, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, ‘Syrian Arab Republic’, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, ‘Wallis and Futuna’, ‘West Bank and Gaza’, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe |