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Table 5.

Estimated correlation parameters obtained for CLOUD Bank datasets, obtained by fitting the block exchangeable and discrete time decay models, and the discrete time decay cluster autocorrelation obtained by applying equation (6).

									$r_{d}$
Dataset	Study design	$K$	$T$	$m$	${\hat{ρ}}_{b}$	${\hat{r}}_{b}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{d}$	${\hat{r}}_{d}$	(equation (6))
APD ICU	Observational	126	7	173	0.046	0.981	0.045	0.992	0.993
Alive&Thrive (Bangladesh)	Parallel w/baseline	20	2	49.4	0.066	0.896	0.066	0.896	0.896
Alive&Thrive (Vietnam)	Parallel w/baseline	40	2	29	0.062	0.959	0.062	0.959	0.959
Dementia referral	Parallel w/baseline	22	3	11	0.176	1	0.176	1	1
Disinvestment2	Stepped wedge	12	8	133	0.085	0.946	0.077	0.973	0.981
Disinvestment	Stepped wedge	12	9	138	0.078	0.908	0.081	0.96	0.971
MORDOR	Parallel w/baseline	30	3	37	0.113	0.324	0.111	0.246	0.404
OXTEXT7	Stepped wedge	11	16	13	0.048	0.492	0.047	0.8	0.863
PITHIA	Observational	22	6	8	0.056	0.08	0.053	−0.279	0.202
PROMPT (1)	Stepped wedge	4	7	20	0.012	0	0.024	0.615	0
PROMPT (2)	Stepped wedge	4	7	20	0.162	0.174	0.031	0.249	0.407
Syncope	Observational	6	14	119	0.222	0.858	0.198	0.951	0.969
THIN (1)	Observational	430	4	60	0.021	0.854	0.021	0.889	0.908
THIN (2)	Observational	430	4	60	0.04	0.904	0.04	0.915	0.941
THIN (3)	Observational	430	4	60	0.023	0.837	0.023	0.877	0.897
THIN (4)	Observational	430	4	60	0.02	0.88	0.02	0.914	0.925

THIN: The Health Improvement Network; CLOUD Bank: CLustered OUtcomes Dataset Bank.

$K$ is the total number of clusters, T is the total number of time periods, and m is the average number of participants in each cluster-period. Some studies included more than one continuous outcome, and this is indicated by a number in brackets after the study name.