Comparison 1. Case management vs. usual care.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Mortality at any length of follow up (all studies, ordered by duration of follow up)	10	1799	Odds Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.86 [0.67, 1.10]
2 Mortality at follow up (studies where allocation concealment confirmed)	4	663	Odds Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.69 [0.46, 1.03]
3 Mortality at follow up (studies appearing to be of reasonable or high quality using Delphi criteria)	5	751	Odds Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.68 [0.46, 0.98]
4 Readmitted with heart failure by end of follow up (all studies with data)	7	1051	Odds Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.52 [0.39, 0.70]