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Table 2 Reason for exclusion for studies retrieved in full text (n = 25)

From: Quality care outcomes following transitional care interventions for older people from hospital to home: a systematic review

First author (year)

Reason for exclusion

Arbaje (2010) [43]

Quasi-experimental design

Bull (2000) [44]

Not a full transitional care intervention, discharge planning

Balaban (2008) [45]

Adult sample, not focussed on older people with functional difficulty

Bonnet-Zamponi (2013) [46]

Secondary data analysis, drug related problems

Brand (2004) [47]

Quasi-experimental design

Coleman (2004) [48]

Quasi-experimental design

Dedhia (2009) [49]

Quasi-experimental design

Einstadter (1996) [50]

Not a full transitional care intervention, discharge planning

Golden (2010) [51]

Not a full transitional care intervention, discussion paper

Haggmark (1997) [52]

Not a full transitional care intervention, interprofessional care

Ham (2011) [3]

Not a full transitional care intervention, integrated care

Hansen (1992) [53]

Not a full transitional care intervention

Hebert (2008a) [54]

Not a full transitional care intervention, integrated care

Hebert (2008b) [55]

Not a full transitional care intervention, integrated care

Hegney (2002) [56]

Not a full transitional care intervention, discharge planning

Jack (2009) [57]

Adult sample, not focussed on older people with functional difficulty

Jeangsawang (2012) [58]

Not randomised controlled trial or quasi-experimental design

Lattimer (2012) [59]

Discussion paper

Melton (2012) [60]

Adult sample, not focussed on older people with functional difficulty

O’Reilly (2008) [61]

Rehabilitation, not transitional care

Ornstein (2010) [62]

Mixed methods, not randomised controlled trial, not quasi-experimental design

Parker (2004) [30]

Systematic review

Parker (2009) [63]

Rehabilitation, not transitional care

Parry (2008) [64]

Psychometric study, cross sectional design

Steeman (2006) [65]

Quasi-experimental design