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Table 1 Characteristics of Included Studies (n = 21)

From: Health outcomes measurement and organizational readiness support quality improvement: a systematic review

Characteristics

No. (%)

Geographical setting

 United States [24, 25, 27,28,29, 31, 32, 35, 37,38,39,40,41, 43, 44]

15 (71%)

 Sweden [26, 42]

2 (9.5%)

 Denmark [33, 34]

2 (9.5%)

 Germany [36]

1 (4.8%)

 Singapore [30]

1 (4.8%)

Target group

 Diabetes [24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]

8 (38.1%)

 Depression [44]

1 (4.8%)

 Children with chronic conditions [32]

1 (4.8%)

 Lung Cancer [33, 34]

2 (9.5%)

 Cystic fibrosis [35,36,37]

3 (14.3%)

 Congenital heart disease [38]

1 (4.8%)

 Myocardial infarction [42]

1 (4.8%)

 Patients undergoing cardiac or cardiothoracic surgery [39,40,41]

3 (14.3%)

 Patients referred for home health services [43]

1 (4.8%)

Study design

 Observational study [29,30,31, 33,34,35,36,37, 39, 41]

10 (47.6%)

 Randomized-Controlled Trial [24, 25, 27]

3 (14.3%)

 Case study [26, 28]

2 (9.5%)

 Cohort study [38]

1 (4.8%)

 Before and after study [32, 40, 42]

3 (14.3%)

 Quasi-experimental study [44]

1 (4.8%)

 Prospective evaluation study [43]

1 (4.8%)

Funding sources

 National funding [25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 36, 42, 43]

8 (38.1%)

 Private funding [24, 29, 35, 37, 44]

5 (23.8%)

 Unknown [26, 30, 33, 34, 38,39,40,41]

8 (38.1%)

 Registry participation type

 

 Voluntary [25,26,27, 29,30,31, 35, 36, 38, 40,41,42,43]

13 (62%)

 Mandatory [28, 33, 34]

3 (14.3%)

 Unknown [24, 32, 37, 39, 44]

5 (23.8%)

Registry purpose

 Quality improvement [24, 25, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34, 37, 39, 41,42,43]

14 (66.7%)

 Research and education [26, 27, 35, 36, 38, 40, 44]

7 (33.3%)

Quality improvement efforts

 Benchmarking [33, 34, 38,39,40,41]

6 (28.6%)

 Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) [26, 36]

2 (9.5%)

 Collaborative Care Model [26, 28, 42, 44]

4 (19%)

 The Chronic Care Model [25, 32]

2 (9.5%)

 Learning and Leadership Collaborative [35]

1 (4.8%)

 Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) and the Chronic Care Model [37]

1 (4.8%)

 IT application as feedback tool [24, 27, 30, 41]

4 (19%)

 No clear QI method [29, 31, 43]

3 (14.3%)