Table 1 Queries used for the different databases

Web of Science Core Collection

TI = ((“healthcare” OR “health SAME care”) AND (“system SAME dynamics” OR “patient SAME flow” OR “gam*”)

TI = (“healthcare” OR “health SAME care OR care”) AND TS = (“pharma*” OR “blood” OR “drug”) AND TI = (“simulation” OR “system SAME dynamic*” OR “simulator*” OR “gam*”)

ACM

recordAbstract:(+(“health care” “healthcare”) + (“system dynamics” “patient flow” “gam*”))

recordAbstract:(+(“hospital” “drug” “pharma*” “blood”) + (“simulation” “simulator*” “gam*”))

JSTOR

ti:(“healthcare” OR “health care”) AND (“system dynamics” OR “patient flow” OR “game” OR “simulation”)

ti:((“drug” OR “hospital” OR “blood” OR “pharmaceutical”) AND (“system dynamics” OR “patient flow” OR “game” OR “simulation” OR “simulator”))