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. 2009 Sep 11;6:23. doi: 10.1186/1743-8462-6-23

Table 3.

A summary of the effectiveness of task substitution by patient condition

Outcome Measures
Medical conditions of patients Professional adherence to guideline Patient adherence to treatment Patient service use Patient physio-logical measure of disease Patient quality of life Patient health status Patient Satisfaction Patient functional status
Dr task substitution by nurse
All conditions 8 (10) 0 (1) 2 (12) 6 (9) 3 (8) 2 (8) 3 (8) 0 (2)
Respiratory 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1)
Diabetes 5 (5) 0 (1) 3 (5) 0 (2) 1 (2) 0 (2) 0 (1)
Cardiovascular 0 (1) 1 (3) 1 (2) 3 (4) 1 (4) 0 (1) 0 (1)
Musculoskeletal 0 (1)
Mental condition 0 (1) 0 (1)
2 or more chronic condition 0 (2) 0 (1) 2 (2)
Others
Not specified 3 (4) 1 (5) 0 (1) 3 (4)
Dr task substitution by pharmacist
All conditions 6 (6) 8 (11) 2 (11) 13 (14) 3 (9) 4 (5) 5 (6)
Respiratory 1 (2) 1 (2)
Diabetes 3 (3) 1 (1) 0 (1) 6 (6)
Cardiovascular 2 (2) 0 (2) 4 (5) 2 (3) 2 (2) 1 (1)
Musculoskeletal 1 (1)
Mental condition 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (2) 1 (1)
2 or more chronic condition 1 (1) 0 (2) 1 (2) 3 (3) 0 (2) 1 (1)
Others
Not specified 1 (1) 4 (5) 0 (5) 0 (2) 1 (1)

Note1: Number in cells is the number of studies showing at least one significant outcome for that particular outcome measure

Note2: Number in bracket is the number of studies reporting at least one outcome measure in that particular category