Table 2 Sample search terms and search strategy

[1] cerebrovascular disorders/ or exp. basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp. brain ischemia/ or exp. carotid artery diseases/ or exp. intracranial arterial diseases/ or exp. intracranial embolism and thrombosis/ or exp. intracranial hemorrhages/ or stroke/ or exp. brain infarction/ or exp. vertebral artery dissection/

[2] (stroke or cerebrovasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebral vasc$ or cva$ or apoplex$).tw.

[3] ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or vertebrobasilar or hemispher$ or intracran$ or intracerebral or infratentorial or supratentorial or MCA or anterior circulation or posterior circulation or basal ganglia) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$)).tw.

[4] ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracran$ or parenchymal or intraventricular or infratentorial or supratentorial or basal gangli$) adj5 (haemorrhage$ or hemorrhage$ or haematoma$ or hematoma$ or bleed$)).tw

[1] rehabilitation*

[2] exp. Rehabilitation/

[3] exp. Rehabilitation Centers/

[4] rehabilitat*.ab,ti.

[5] exp. Delivery of Health Care/

[6] exp. neurological rehabilitation/

[1] exp. follow up care or aftercare or post stroke care or post rehabilitation support or aftertreatment

[2] exp. early supported discharge or post discharge* or exp. outpatient aftercare or Patient Discharge/ or Progressive Patient Care/

[3] home care services/ or home care services, hospital-based/ or home nursing/

[4] (early supported discharge or ESD).tw.

[5] ((early or earlier or prompt or accelerate$ or acute or subacute or supported) adj5 discharg$).tw.

[6] ((organi?ed. or multidisciplinary) adj5 discharge adj5 team$).tw.

[7] ((early or earlier or prompt or accelerate$ or supported) adj5 return$ adj2 home$).tw

[8] (hospital$ adj3 home$).tw.

[9] hospital rehabilitation unit$.tw.

[10] (rehabilitation adj3 home$).tw.

[11] (intensive adj2 home adj5 (rehabilitation or support$)).tw.

[12] (mobile adj2 team$).tw.

[13] organi?ed. home care.tw.

[14] ((extended stroke unit adj3 (service$ or care)) or ESUS). tw.

[15] ((post-discharge or home rehabilitation) adj5 (support$ or care)).tw.

[16] ((early or earlier or acute or subacute or post-discharge) adj5 (community or domiciliary or primary care or home or home-based) adj5 (rehabilitation or support$ or care)).tw.

[1] Germany

[2] german*

[3] deutsch*

[4] deutsch[tt]