Table 2. Intervention types and outcomes included in the meta-analysis for each study.
| Authors Publication Date |
Intervention type EPOC taxonomy (main component in bold) |
Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients with at least one ED visit | Mean number of ED visits | Proportion of patients with at least one hospital admission | Mean number of hospital admissions | Mean number of hospital days | ||
| Callahan 2006 [42] |
Teams/case management/self-management/use of information and communication technology | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Bass 2003 [43,44] | Self-management/case management | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Challis 2004 [45] | Comprehensive geriatric assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chien 2008 [36] | Self-management/case management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chien 2011 [37] | Self-management/case management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Duru 2009 [46,47] | Case management/self-management/use of information and communication technology/ educational material and educational meetings (healthcare professionals’ education) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Eloniemi-Sulkava 2009 [40] | Teams/comprehensive geriatric assessment/case management/self-management | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Joling 2013 [38,48,49] | Self-management | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Laakkonen 2016 [41,50] | Self-management | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Menn 2012 [39,54,55] |
Self-management/educational material and educational meetings (healthcare professionals’ education)/shared care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Nichols 2017 [35,56] | Self-management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rubenstein, 2007 [57] | Case management/teams | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Samus 2014 [58,59] | Teams/case management/self-management/use of information and communication technology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Søgaard 2014 [60–62] | Self-management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thyrian 2017 [13,63,64] | Case management/ use of information and communication technology /teams | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wray 2010 [65] | Self-management | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Abbreviations: EPOC, Effective Practice and Organization of Care Cochrane Group.