From: Substitution of physicians by nurses in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Study details (country, design, funding) | Inclusion & exclusion criteria | Outcome | Sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Sample size | Attrition % | Funding | |
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1ry | 2ry | ||||||||
ZA 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | A | A | NP‡ | ✓║ | ≥20# | G |
Fairall, 2012 [36] (Cohort 2) | |||||||||
ZA 1 | ✓† | ✓ | ✓ | A | A | NP‡ | ✓║ | ≥20# | G |
Fairall, 2012 [36] (Cohort 1) | |||||||||
NL 6 | ✓† | ✓ | ✓ | I | A | NP | ✓ | <20 | G |
Houweling, 2011 [30] | |||||||||
NL 5 | ✓† | ✓ | A | A | NP | ✓¶ | <20 | NR | |
Kuethe, 2011 [25] | |||||||||
RU 1 | ✓ | U | I | ‡ | ✓¶ | ≥20 | None | ||
Andryukhin, 2010 [46] | |||||||||
NL 4 | ✓ | ✓ | A | U | I‡,§ | ✓ | <20 | P/Ind. | |
Voogdt-Pruis, 2010 [16] | |||||||||
NL 3 | ✓† | A | A | NP | NP | ≥20 | G | ||
Dierick-Van Dale, 2009 [39] | |||||||||
UK 9 | ✓† | A | A | NP§ | ✓ | <20# | NR | ||
Chan, 2009 [42] | |||||||||
NL 2 | ✓† | ✓ | ✓ | U | U | NP | ✓║ | ≥20 | NR |
Du Moulin, 2007 [37] | |||||||||
USA 6 | * | U | U | NP | NP | <20 | G | ||
Hiss, 2007 [32] | |||||||||
NL 1 | * | ✓ | ✓ | U | U | NP§ | ✓║ | ≥20 | NR |
Hesselink, 2004 [33] | |||||||||
UK 8 | * | ✓ | ✓ | I | I | NP | ✓¶ | <20# | NR |
Denver, 2003 [40] | |||||||||
UK 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | A | A | NP | ✓ | <20 | P/Ind. |
Jarman, 2002 [29] | |||||||||
UK 6 | *† | ✓ | ✓ | A | U | U | ✓ | ≥20# | NR |
Kernick, 2002 [27] | |||||||||
US 5 | * | U | U | NP | ✓¶ | ≥20 | G | ||
UK 5 | ✓ | ✓ | A | U | U | ✓¶ | ≥20 | Ind. | |
Kernick, 2000 [28] | |||||||||
UK 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | A | A | NP | ✓║,¶ | ≥20 | G |
Kinnersley, 2000 [26] | |||||||||
UK 3 | ✓ | A | A | NP | NR║,¶ | ≥20 | P | ||
Venning, 2000 [17] | |||||||||
UK 2 | ✓ | A | A | NP | ✓¶ | ≥20 | G | ||
Shum, 2000 [18] | |||||||||
US 4 | ✓ | I | I | NP | NP | U | NR | ||
Hemani, 1999 [34] | |||||||||
UK 1 | ✓ | A | I | NP§ | ✓ | ≥20# | G | ||
US 3 | ✓ | ✓ | U | U | A‡ | NR | U | NR | |
Winter, 1981 [15] | |||||||||
US 2 | * | U | U | NP | NR | <20 | NR | ||
Flynn, 1974 [35] | |||||||||
US 1 | * | U | U | NP§ | NR | U# | G | ||
Lewis, 1967 [23] |