The topic focus of this database is "health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management." (Health Business Elite, n.d.)
If you are looking for instruments dealing with any facet of healthcare administration or healthcare management, it's worth considering.
It does not include specific index fields for behavioral instruments. However, it can be productively searched for instrument references using a nested "OR" search of its subject headings.
The default settings for keyword searching in Health Business Elite are the following:
• All Author (fields)
• All Subject (fields)
• All Descriptor (fields)
• All Title Information
• AB Abstracts
Keyword searching Health Business Elite represents one of the broader strategies for finding instrument references in this database.
Since this database contains no specific instruments or measurements fields, the best options for locating instrument references will be variations of the Nested "OR" strategy.
The most effective instrument search strategies for this database are (in order from narrowest to broadest focus):
• SU Subject Nested "OR" search
• AB Abstract Nested "OR" search
• Keyword Nested "OR" search
• TX All Text Nested "OR" search
To nested "OR" search Health Business Elite for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy:
Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor* OR "Interview Schedule*"
3) In the adjacent drop-down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) SU Subject Terms.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.
To nested "OR" Abstract-search Health Business Elite for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms (variables you hope to measure) in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy:
Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor* OR "Interview Schedule*"
3) In the adjacent drop-down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) AB Abstract.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.
To nested "OR" All Text-search Health Business Elite for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms (variables you hope to measure) in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy:
Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor* OR "Interview Schedule*"
3) In the adjacent drop down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) TX All Text.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.
