Table 1.

Studies assessing appropriateness of care against evidence-based recommendations.

Country	Study	Authors	Year of publication	Appropriateness of care
United States of America	How good is the quality of health care in the United States?	Schuster, McGlynn & Brook (27)	1998	Preventive care – 50% Chronic conditions – 60% Acute care – 70%
Netherlands	Implementation of evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice in family medicine	Grol (28)	2001	67%
Australia	CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia	Runciman, Hunt, Hannaford, et al. (29)	2008	57%
Australia	CareTrack Kids: Quality of Health Care for Children in Australia, 2012–2013	Braithwaite, Hibbert, Jaffe, et al. (30)	2018	59.8%
Canada	Inappropriate use of clinical practices in Canada: a systematic review	Squires, Cho-Young, Aloisio, et al. (31)	2022	70%