Methods | Re-analysed as an ITS design. One site, no control Intervention implemented from July 2000 |
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Participants | Four administratively linked hospitals in Dallas, Texas | |
Interventions | Web-based “patient occurrence system” not limited to medical error | |
Outcomes | Incident reporting rate | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors’ judgement | Support for judgement |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes |
Unclear risk | Not specified in the paper |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All relevant outcome reported |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence of other risk of bias |
Other changes | Unclear risk | Not specified in the paper |
Shape of the intervention | Unclear risk | It is not clear what is the point of analysis |
Data collection | Low risk | The intervention itself included a change in the data collection method |
Allocated intervention | Low risk | Objective outcome measure |