Table 6 Inclusion and exclusion criteria based on the PICOS (population, intervention, comparison, outcome and study design) framework.

From: Artificial intelligence for strengthening healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review

 

Inclusion

Exclusion

Population

Health care workers and/or patients, given AI implemented in a country defined as a low- and middle-income country

Non-health-related sample

Health care workers, given AI implementation in high-income or unspecified country

Intervention

AI implemented in global health context

AI not implemented, only theoretically described

Focus on model testing, no real-world application

Comparison

Comparison of AI intervention to standard methods

Qualitative evaluation of sample population to AI intervention

No form of comparison conducted

Outcome

Evaluation of AI in global health context

AI used as a secondary tool to analyse another outcome

Study design

Any primary research, qualitative or quantitative

Full text available

Peer-reviewed

Secondary/synthesis research

Only abstract available

Commentaries

Letters, letters to editor

Policy briefs

Study protocols

Language

English

Non-English full-text

Time frame

Published after 1st January 2009

Published until 31st December 2008