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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD001096. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001096.pub2

Leibovici 2013.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants Internal medicine wards, academic medical center, Israel (Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus)
1683 patients, 15 wards
Interventions CDSS guiding empirical antibiotic treatment of inpatients with moderate to severe bacterial infections using patient‐specific clinical data. It applies a cost‐benefit model to rank antibiotic treatments according to their net benefit and offers advice (including no treatment).
Outcomes Clinical endpoint (180‐day survival)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: None
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required Not reported
CDSS Features ‐ Other Conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, included supporting information on‐screen, makes care recommendation, targeted overuse
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk N/A
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk  
Baseline characteristics similar? Low risk  
Unit of analysis error Low risk