1. Included studies and interventions.
| Study ID | Type of study | Country | Setting | Condition(s) | No. of participants | Main focus of intervention | Clinicians involved (usual/additional) | Tools/techniques |
| Battersby 2007 | RCT | Australia | Primary care | Cardiac, respiratory, somatisation, aged care | 1703 | Both patients and clinicians | Service co‐ordinators (additional) and GPs (usual) | Problem & goals statements, care plan generator, face‐to‐face contact |
| Frosch 2011 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 201 | Patients | Health coach (additional) | DVD + booklet, phone contact |
| Glasgow 2005a | Cluster RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 886 | Patients | Care managers (usual) | CD‐Rom care enhancement programme, phone contact |
| Hart 1978 | RCT | USA | Community clinic | Mental health | 32 | Patients | Clinician 'scaler' (additional) and psychotherapist (usual) | Behavioural monitoring process record, face‐to‐face contact |
| Hiss 2007 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 197 | Patients | Nurse care manager (additional) and primary care physician (usual) | Structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Katon 2010a | RCT | USA | Primary care | Depression + diabetes and/or CHD | 214 | Patients | Nurses (additional), primary care physicians (usual) | DVD, booklet, self‐monitoring devices, face‐to‐face contact |
| Kennedy 2013 | Cluster RCT | UK | Primary care | Diabetes, COPD, irritable bowel | 5599 | Both patients and clinicians | Nurses (usual), GPs (usual) | PRISMS tool, booklets, face‐to‐face contact |
| Liu 2012 | RCT | China | Primary care | Diabetes | 208 | Patients | Nurse (usual), GP (usual), preventive doctor (usual) | Group education + face‐to‐face contact |
| Ludman 2007 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Depression | 52 | Patients | Care manager (additional) | Computerised decision support, phone contact |
| Naik 2011 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 87 | Patients | Physicians (additional) | Group education + face‐to‐face contact |
| Schillinger 2009 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 226 | Patients | Care manager (additional) | Automated telephone + phone follow‐up |
| Shearer 2007 | RCT | USA | Hospital clinic | Heart failure | 90 | Patients | Nurses (additional) | Structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Stanhope 2013 | Cluster RCT | USA | Community clinic | Mental health | 367 | Both patients and clinicians | Mental health providers (usual) | Structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Thom 2013 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Diabetes | 299 | Patients | Peer coaches (additional) | Structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Tsay 2004 | RCT | Taiwan | Hospital clinic | End‐stage renal disease | 50 | Patients | Nurse (additional) | Information + structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Van der Wulp 2012 | RCT | Netherlands | Primary care | Diabetes | 119 | Patients | Peer coaches (additional) | Structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Wilson 2010 | RCT | USA | Primary care | Asthma | 408 | Both patients and clinicians | Care managers (usual) | Information + structured collaboration, face‐to‐face contact |
| Wolever 2010 | RCT | USA | Community clinic | Diabetes | 56 | Patients | Health coaches (additional) | Information + Wheel of Health, face‐to‐face contact |
| Zoffmann 2006 | RCT | Denmark | Hospital clinic | Diabetes | 61 | Patients | Nurses (additional) | Group visits + face‐to‐face contact |
CHD: coronary heart disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease