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Appendix Table Quality assessment of included studies

From: Strategies for utilisation management of hospital services: a systematic review of interventions

Authors (year)

Study Design

Blinding

Selection Bias

Withdrawals/ Drop-Outs

Confounders

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Reporting

Overall

1. Sandberg et al. (2015) [66]

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Strong

Strong

2. Haldiman et al. (2014) [40]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

3. Goodnough et al. (2014) [37]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

Weak

4. Joo (2014) [46]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Strong

Weak

5. Buckley et al. (2013) [24]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Weak

6. Reinius et al. (2013) [62]

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

7. Crane et al. (2012) [30]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Weak

8. Roland et al. (2012) [64]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

9. Koehler et al. (2009) [49]

Strong

Weak

No rating

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

10. Schraeder et al. (2008) [67]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

11. Holsinger et al. (2008) [42]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

12. Sweeney et al. (2007) [77]

Strong

No rating

Weak

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Weak

13. Phillips et al. (2006) [59]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

14. Sledge et al. (2006) [73]

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

15. Mahendran et al. (2006) [54]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Weak

16. Zemencuk et al. (2006) [85]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

17. Latour et al. (2006) [52]

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

18. Hegney et al. (2006) [41]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Weak

19. Horwitz et al. (2005) [43]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Weak

20. Leung et al. (2004) [53]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

21. Cox et al. (2003) [29]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Weak

22. Hwang et al. (2002) [44]

Moderate

No rating

Strong

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

23. Fateha (2002) [34]

Moderate

No rating

No rating

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

24. Ferrazzi et al. (2001) [35]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

25. Okin et al. (2000) [57]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

26. Bates et al. (1999) [22]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

27. Wickizer et al. (1998) [82]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

28. Spillane et al. (1997) [74]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Strong

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

29. Bree et al. (1996) [23]

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

30. Shea et al. (1995) [69]

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

31. Cardiff et al. (1995) [26]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Weak

32. Styrborn (1995) [76]

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Weak

33. Rosenberg et al. (1995) [65]

Moderate

No rating

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Strong

Moderate

34. Jambunathan et al. (1995) [45]

Moderate

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Weak

35. Williams et al. (1994) [83]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

36. Wickizer (1992) [81]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Weak

37. Woodside et al. (1991) [84]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Weak

38. Silver et al. (1992) [71]

Moderate

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

39. Fowkes et al. (1986) [36]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

40. Echols et al.(1984) [32]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

41. Restuccia (1982) [63]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

42. Murphy (2014) [56]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

43. Chiang et al. (2014) [27]

Weak

No rating

Weak

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

44. Pillow et al. (2013) [60]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

45. Dehaven et al. (2012) [31]

Moderate

No rating

Weak

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

46. Tadros et al. (2012) [78]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak

47. Shah et al. (2011) [68]

Strong

Weak

No rating

No rating

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

48. Stokes-Buzzelli et al. (2010) [75]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

49. Grimmer- Somers et al. (2010) [38]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

50. Grover et al. (2010) [39]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Weak

51. Skinner et al. (2009) [72]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

52. Shumway et al. (2008) [70]

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Strong

Strong

Weak

53. Pope et al. (2000) [61]

Weak

No rating

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Weak

54. Moher et al. (1992) [55]

Strong

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

Weak

Strong

Strong

Weak

55. Kennedy et al. (1987) [47]

Strong

Strong

Strong

Strong

Weak

Strong

Weak

Weak

Weak

56. Kurant et al. (2018) [51]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

57. Copeland et al. (2017) [28]

Weak

No rating

rating

No rating

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Moderate

58. Pena et al. (2014) [58]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Weak

59. Weilburg et al. (2017) [80]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

60. Konger et al. (2016) [50]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

61. El-Othmani et al. (2019) [33]

Moderate

No rating

No rating

No rating

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

62. Kim &Lee, (2020) [48]

Weak

No rating

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

63. Wasfy et al. (2019) [79]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Strong

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

64. Calsolaro et al. (2019) [25]

Weak

No rating

No rating

No rating

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate