1. Characteristics of interventions involving case management.
| ID | Type of continuity targeted | Secondary model of cancer care | Type of targeted behaviour↕ | Structural organisational strategies § | Provider‐oriented organisational strategies * | Professional strategies ¥ | Format △ |
| Addington‐Hall 1992 | Relational Management |
‐ | 1 | 4 | 5, 6 | 1 | |
| Giesler 2005 | Relational | ‐ | 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 | 2, 3, 4 | 5, 6, 9, 10 | 7, 8 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Given 2002 | Relational | ‐ | 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 | 2, 3, 4 | 5, 6, 9, 10 | 7 | 1, 2, 5 |
| Goodwin 2003 | Management Relational Informational |
‐ | 1, 2, 5, 11, 12 | 4 | 3‐12 | 2 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Koinberg 2004 | Relational Management |
‐ | 1, 2, 5, 6 12 | 4 | 3, 5, 6, 11 | 1, 2, 3 | |
| Liu 2006 | Relational | ‐ | 2, 5, 6, 10 | 4 | 5, 6, 9‐11 | 1, 2 | |
| McArdle 1996 | Relational | ‐ | 5, 9 | 1 | 5 | 1, 2 | |
| McCorkle 1989 | Relational | Home care | 1 | 4 | 1, 6, 11 | 1 | |
| McCorkle 2000 | Relational Management Informational |
Home care | 1, 2, 5, 11, 12 | 1, 2, 4 | 3, 5, 6, 10‐12 | 1, 2 | |
| McCorkle 2009 | Relational Management Informational |
‐ | 1, 2, 5, 11 | 4 | 3‐6, 9‐11 | 1, 2, 3 | |
| McKegney 1981 | Relational Management |
Home care | 2‐4, 6, 10 | 4 | 3, 10 | 1 | |
| McLachlan 2001 | Management Relational Informational |
‐ | 1, 2, 6, 11 | 2, 4 | 3, 5, 6, 9‐11 | 6 | 1, 5 |
| Moore 2002 | Relational Informational Management |
‐ | 1, 2, 6, 11 | 1, 2, 4 | 1, 3, 5‐7, 10, 11 | 2 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Mor 1995 | Relational | ‐ | 5, 6, 11, 10 | 1, 2, 4 | 5, 6, 9, 11, | 1, 2, 3 | |
| Oleske 1988 | Management Informational Relational |
Shared care | 2 | 2, 3, 4 | 1, 3‐6, 8, 11 | 2, 4 | 1, 3 |
| Rawl 2002 | Relational Management |
‐ | 2, 4, 10, 11 | 1, 2, 4 | 4‐6, 9, 10 | 1, 4 | 1, 2, 5 |
| Ritz 2000 | Relational Management |
‐ | 1, 5, 9, 11 | 1, 4 | 4‐6, 9, 10 | 1, 2 | |
| Schumacher 2002 | Relational | Home care | 3, 4, 5, 10, 12 | 1 | 5, 6 | 6 | 1, 2 |
| Skrutkowski 2008 | Relational Management |
‐ | 1, 5, 6, 11, 12 | 1, 2, 4 | 3‐6, 9, 11 | 2 | 1, 2 |
| Wells 2003 | Management | ‐ | 4, 10, 11, 12 | 1, 4 | 5 | 2 |
* 1 = Revision of professional roles; 2 = Clinical multidisciplinary teams; 3 = Formal integration of services; 4 = Skill mix change; 5 = Arrangement for follow‐up; 6 = Coordination of assessment and treatment; 7 = Transmission of comprehensive treatment summaries between providers; 8 = Transmission of treatment plans between providers; 9 = Implementation of follow‐up care plans; 10 = Care protocols, directives, guidelines; 11= Referral guidelines; 12 = Communication and case discussion between distant health professionals
§1 = Implementation of communication technologies (telephone, facsimile, telehealth); 2 = Change in medical records systems; 3 = Presence and organisation of quality monitoring mechanisms; 4 = Staff organisation
¥1 = Distribution of educational materials; 2 = Educational meetings; 3 = Local consensus processes; 4 = Educational outreach visits; 5 = Local opinion leader; 6 = Patient mediated interventions; 7 = Audit and feedback; 8 = Reminders; 9 = Marketing; 10 = Mass media
↕ 1 = Referrals; 2 = Procedures; 3 = Prescribing; 4 = General management of a problem; 5 =Patient education/advice; 6 = Professional‐patient communication; 7 = Record keeping; 8 = Financial; 9 = Discharge planning; 10 = Patient outcome; 11 = Assessment; 12 = Patient empowerment
△1 = Interpersonal; 2 = Telephone; 3 = Paper; 4 = Audio/visual; 5 = Computer / Interactive; 6 = Tele‐nursing; 7 = Diary; 8 = Group meetings; 9 = Algorithm