| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Andersson 2002 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Arinzon 2005 | Not a comparison of environments. |
| Askim 2004 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Askim 2006 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Barone 2006 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Bautz‐Holter 2002 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Beloosesky 2002 | Study design (observational cohort study). |
| Boston 2001 | Study design (observational cohort study). Not all rehabilitation, participants in conventional services group experienced mixed environments, data inseparable. |
| Bowling 1991 | Participants not undergoing rehabilitation. |
| Braun 1987 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Bührlen 2002 | Not a care home intervention. Participant age. |
| Chen 2000/2001 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Chiu 1997 | Study design (observational cohort). |
| Chiu 2001 | Study design (observational cohort). |
| Chuang 2005 | Study design (observational cohort). |
| Claesson 2003 | Primary intervention not care home; follow‐up of care home patients would not meet study design criteria; and follow‐up outcome not a functional outcome. |
| Cohen 2002 | Participants experienced more than one environment in 24 hour period. |
| Copp 1966 | Not a comparison of environments (rehabilitation versus no rehabilitation). Age of participants. |
| Crotty 2005 | Participants in hospital group not undergoing rehabilitation. Transitional care before long term nursing home placement. |
| Cunliffe 2004 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Degischer 2002 | Study design (non‐random comparison of different forms of rehabilitation). Unclear environment. |
| Deshpande 1998 | Study design (retrospective case‐control study). |
| Deutsch 2005 | Study design (retrospective database study). |
| Deutsch 2006 | Study design (retrospective database study). |
| Donnelly 2004 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Dubach 1993 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Ellis 2006 | Outcome not functional. Economic analysis. |
| Evans 2002 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Fjærtoft 2003 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Fjærtoft 2004 | Not a care home intervention (included Day Clinics). |
| Fleming 2004 | Participants experienced two environments in any 24 hour period (home visits). |
| Frytak 2001 | Not rehabilitation (assisted living as replacement for long‐term care). Not a care home intervention (assisted living versus hospital). |
| Giannini 2007 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Griffiths 2001 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Griffiths 2006 | Commentary on Crotty 2005. |
| Kalra 2000 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Kane 1994 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Kane 1996 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Kane 1998 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Kane 2000 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Keith 1995 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Kramer 1997 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Kramer 2000 | Study design (inception cohort). |
| Kuisma 2002 | Not a care home intervention (hospital versus own home). |
| Leeds 2004 | Study design (observational cohort). |
| Levi 1997 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Mayo 2000 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Miller 2005 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Munin 2005 | Study design (observational cohort). |
| Philp 1991 | Study design (cross‐sectional study). |
| Polder 2003 | Study design (before‐and‐after study with no concurrent control). |
| Reid 1989 | Not care home intervention. |
| Reimer 2004 | Comparison of long‐term environments only (no hospital or own home comparison). |
| Ronning 1998 | Randomised controlled trial. Reviewers compared rehabilitation in hospital group with nursing home in‐patient rehabilitation sub‐group in study control arm (rehabilitation in the municipalities). No randomisation within the control group to either nursing home in‐patient rehabilitation or nursing home out‐patient rehabilitation. The sub‐group comparison of hospital unit versus nursing home in‐patient rehabilitation did not meet RCT study design. Reviewers explored controlled before after study design for this sub‐group comparison. This failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria. |
| Sanford 2006 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Siggeirsdottir 2005 | Not a comparison of environments. |
| Siu 2004 | Participants (age). Not a care home intervention. |
| Sulter 2003 | Not a care home intervention. |
| Trappes‐Lomax 2006 | Study design (geographical controls). Controls experienced two environments in any 24 hour period. |
| van Balen 2003 | Study design (before‐and‐after, no concurrent control). |
| von Sternberg 1997 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Walsh 2006 | Study design (retrospective case‐control). |
| Weiss 2004 | Not care home intervention. |
| Williams 1994 | Controlled before and after study design. Failed to meet EPOC CBA study design criteria |
| Xie 2003 | Not a comparison of environments (rehabilitation versus control). |
| Zhang 2003 | Not a comparison of environments. |
| Åberg 2003 | Not a care home intervention. |
RCT: Randomised controlled trial
EPOC: the Effective Practice and Organisation group
CBA: Controlled before and after studies