Table 1.
Description of Included Studies
| Study | Setting | Study Design | Intervention/Control | Number of Patients (Intervention/Control) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lundberg et al [15] | 900-bed teaching hospital | Matched retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 18 (9/9) |
| Fowler et al [8] | University medical center | Prospective cohort study | Advice from IDC heeded/not heeded | 244 (112/132) |
| Mylotte and Tayara [16] | 300-bed public university affiliated hospital | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 281 (100/181) |
| Kaech et al [17] | 800-bed university hospital | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 308 |
| Jenkins et al [29] | 400-bed teaching hospital | Retrospective cohort study | Preintervention period/Intervention period | 234 (100/134) |
| Rieg et al [18] | 1600-bed tertiary care center | Cohort study. First period retrospective, second period prospective. | IDC/No IDC | 521 (350/171) |
| Lahey et al [19] | Tertiary care hospital | Prospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 240 (122/118) |
| Nagao et al [34] | 1240-bed tertiary hospital | Retrospective cohort study | Early and late period after mandatory IDC was implemented | 346 (194/152) |
| Honda et al [20] | Large tertiary care hospital | Prospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 341 (111/230) |
| Choi et al [21] | Hospital with <400 beds | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 100 (42/58) |
| Robinson et al [22] | 955-bed tertiary referral center | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 599 (162/437) |
| Isobe et al [23] | University hospital | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 115 (28/87) |
| Pragman et al [10] | 279-bed medical center | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 233 (179/54) |
| Pastagia et al [24] | 1171-bed tertiary care center | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 699 (461/238) |
| Forsblom et al [25] | University hospital | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/telephone consultation only/No IDC | 342 (245/62/35) |
| Lopez-Cortes et al [30] | 12 tertiary hospitals | Quazi-experimental study | Preintervention period/Intervention period. | 508 (221/287) |
| Fries et al [26] | Tertiary care hospital | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 177 (142/35) |
| Tissot et al [27] | 1000-bed tertiary care center | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 148 (118/30) |
| Borde et al [31] | 200-bed community hospital | Cohort study. First period retrospective, second period prospective. | Preintervention period/Intervention period | 59 (20/39) |
| Saunderson et al [32] | Large acute university hospital | Cohort study. First period retrospective, second period prospective. | Preintervention period/Intervention period | 63 (35/28) |
| Bai et al [28] | 6 academic and community hospitals | Retrospective cohort study | IDC/No IDC | 847 (506/341) |
| Saunderson et al [33] | Teaching hospital | Cohort study. First period retrospective, second period prospective. | Preintervention period/Intervention period. | 477 (183/294) |
Abbreviation: IDC, infectious disease consultation.