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. 2017 Apr 5;6:72. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0452-4

Table 1.

Study codes and designs

Study types Designs
Trials RCTs and cohort studies
Implementation, feasibility and demonstration projects
Observational studies Epidemiological studies
Cross-sectional studies (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods)
Diagnostic accuracy studies
Modelling Economic evaluation
Epidemiological modelling
Systematic reviews Meta-analyses, meta-syntheses and meta-ethnography