Study	Reason for exclusion
Blinkhorn 1996	Uncontrolled before‐after study (extension of Coventry 1989 study examining patients who had been in the fee‐for‐service arm and subsequently switched to capitation)
Chalkley 2008	Before‐after study (on the effect of changing from fee‐for‐service remuneration to activity‐based remuneration) with an inadequate control group
Fiset 2000	Uncontrolled before‐after study (on the effect of introducing fee‐for‐service remuneration for providing fluoride varnish)
Holloway 1997	Uncontrolled before‐after study (extension of Coventry 1989 study examining patients who had been in the fee‐for‐service arm and subsequently switched to capitation)
Mayer 2000	Interrupted time series with data analysed at limited time points between the interventions
Mellor 1994	Observational study on the resource costs of capitation maintenance care (extension of the capitation arm of the Coventry 1989 study)
Mellor 1997	Uncontrolled before‐after study (extension of Coventry 1989 study examining patients who had been in the fee‐for‐service arm and subsequently switched to capitation)
Rosen 1977	Cohort study (with two samples of matched patients from dental practices with different payment mechanisms)