High performing hospitals: a qualitative systematic review of associated factors and practical strategies for improvement

Table 1 Methodological rigour and risk of bias

Study	Abstract and title	Introduction and aims	Method and data	Sampling	Data analysis	Ethics and bias	Findings/results	Transferability/generalizability	Implications and usefulness
Bradley et al. (2006) [10]	Fair	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Poor
Mannion et al. (2005) [44]	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair	Good	Very poor	Fair	Fair	Fair
Sautter et al. (2007) [37]	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair	Fair
Cherlin et al. (2013) [112]	Good	Good	Fair	Fair	Good	Poor	Good	Fair	Fair
Landman et al. (2013) [32]	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair	Good	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair
Rangachari (2008) [31]	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair
Baumann et al. (2007) [47]	Fair	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor
Rose et al. (2012) [45]	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair	Very poor	Fair	Fair	Fair
Keroack et al. (2007) [34]	Fair	Good	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Fair	Good	Good
Hockey and Bates (2010) [42]	Fair	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair
Adelman (2012) [41]	Poor	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Poor	Fair	Fair	Good
VanDeusen Lukas et al. (2010) [36]	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair	Fair	Fair
Kramer et al. (2008) [40]	Fair	Poor	Very Poor	Poor	Very Poor	Fair	Very Poor	Very Poor	Poor
Parsons and Cornett (2011) [35]	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor
Curry et al. (2011) [38]	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Fair
Puoane et al. (2008) [33]	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Fair	Good
Stanger et al. (2012) [43]	Fair	Good	Fair	Good	Fair	Very Poor	Fair	Fair	Good
Kane et al. (2009) [109]	Poor	Fair	Very Poor	Fair	Very Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Olson et al. (2011) [48]	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair

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