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. 2010 Jan 20;2010(1):CD006094. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006094.pub2

Kerry 2000.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: decrease in test ordering (x‐rays, various)
Study design: cluster RCT
Country: UK
Participants Setting: primary care
69 practices, 175 providers, 43,778 radiological requests
Condition: people potentially requiring an x‐ray of chest, spine or limbs and joints
Interventions 1. Professional intervention (distribution of educational materials + audit and feedback)
2. No intervention control group
Outcomes Professional practice: number of x‐rays requested (chest, limbs & joints, spine) within 12 months
Patient level: none
Notes Justification for intervention type: not reported
Intervention fidelity: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk From report: “Practices were randomly allocated to an intervention or a control group using a stratified randomization”
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Free of selective reporting? Unclear risk Insufficient information provided
Free of other bias? Low risk