34. Whole unit design (multifaceted): Characteristics of excluded studies.
| Study ID | Reason for exclusion |
| Alvermann 1979 | Descriptive article |
| Anthony Williams | Descriptive article |
| Bame 1993 | Study design |
| Barker 2005 | Descriptive article |
| Berlet 1979 | No intervention |
| Birdsong 1990 | No intervention |
| Christenfeld 1989 | CBA‐ Control sites and 'before' sites not clearly defined |
| Connell 1996 | Review article |
| Coulson 1997 | Setting |
| Counsell 2000 | Policy confound |
| Covinsky 1998 | Policy confound |
| Davidson 1971 | Study design |
| Dennis 1988 | Descriptive article |
| Devlin 1992 | Study design |
| Donchin 2002 | Review article |
| Dracup 1988 | Review article |
| Freeman 1987 | Study design |
| Greenberg 1992 | Descriptive article |
| Gurr 1997 | Descriptive case study |
| Hahn 1995 | Study design |
| Harvey 1998 | Review article |
| Harwood 1992 | Study design |
| Holahan 1973 | Outcomes |
| Holahan 1976 | Outcomes |
| Hyde 1989 | Qualitative; setting |
| Ingham 1997 | Setting |
| Jastremski 1998 | Literature review |
| Kovach 1997 | Setting |
| Laitinen 1994 | Intervention |
| Lawson 2000 | Study design (same study as Lawson 2003) |
| Lawson 2002 | Study design (same study as Lawson 2003) |
| Lawson 2003 | Study design (before‐and‐after no contemporaneous control) |
| Lawton 1970 | Study design |
| Leather 2003 | Study design (before‐and‐after no contemporaneous control) |
| Liebowitz 1979 | Study design |
| Martin 1998 | Policy confound |
| McLaughlin 1976 | Qualitative study |
| McGonagle 2002 | Study design |
| McNaughton 2005 | Study design |
| Meyer 1994 | No intervention |
| Middelboe 2001 | Confounding |
| Noskin 2001 | Literature review |
| Notelovitz 1978 | Study design |
| Oberle 1990 | Study design |
| Okamoto 2002 | Study design |
| Olsen 1984 | Outcomes; unclear study design |
| Palmer 1998 | Policy confound |
| Pattison 1996 | Confounding staffing differences |
| Rubin 1998 | Literature review |
| Rudy 1995 | Intervention (care delivery systems) |
| Shirani 1986 | Study design |
| Smith 1974 | Follow‐up study (Smylie 1971, Davidson 1971); study design |
| Smylie 1971 | Study design |
| Stahler 1984 | Study design (gender differences) |
| Swan 2003 | Study design |
| Tyerman 1980 | Unclear intervention/control |
| Vietri 2004 | Study design |
| Walker 1989 | Qualitative interviews |
| Weber 1996 | Overview article |
| Whitehead 1984 | Study design |
| Winkel 1986 | Descriptive case studies |