Table 3 Decision types assessed, decision appropriateness assessment standards used, and decision appropriate analysis methods of 28 studies not included in the Chi-squared analyses

Decision type ^a

Screening or testing

Diagnosis^b

Treatment or management

Decision type sub-group ^a

Method used for decision appropriateness assessment

Guidelines

Expert panel

Literature

Actual diagnosis

Combination

Method used to analyse decision appropriateness

Calculated agreement with decision appropriateness assessment standard

Calculated quality scores

Calculated mean proportion of appropriate or non-appropriate decisions

Decisions assessed on scales; mean scale ratings compared to decision appropriateness assessment standard

Calculated proportion of GPs making different decisions, but:

 • Data presented with those of other HCPs

 • Unclear specifically which options were appropriate/inappropriate

 • Focussed only on certain appropriate decisions

 • Data presented in graphs so cannot extract

 • Total number analysed not specified

 • Scenario results amalgamated with results from other questions