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. 2022 Dec 23;20(1):200. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010200

Table 1.

Study Characteristics and Effect.

Study Design Setting Population Size ** Outcome Measure(/s) Effect
Direction
Statistically Significant *
Banerjee et al. (2017) [48] ITS Single-center Not Reported (NR) re-admission yes
identifying heart failure patients yes
Cline et al. (2016) [39] BA Multi-center (2 hospitals) 487 pain re-assessment NR
Corson et al. (2015) [46] BA Multi-center (4 hospitals) 53 inappropriate test ordering yes
in-hospital mortality, blood transfusion no
LOS, re-admission N/A
Dowling et al. (2022) [38] ITS Multi-center (7 hospitals) 47 bronchiolitis management yes
LOS yes
ICU admission, 72-hr ED revisit N/A
Hester et al. (2019) [37] BA Single-center 20 bronchiolitis management NR
ED discharge, LOS, 7-day ED revisit yes
hospital admission LOS, readmission no
Kestenbaum et al. (2019) [40] BA Single-center NR pain management NR
prescription costs NR
Larkin et al. (2021) [45] RCT Multi-center (4 hospitals) 25 CT ordering no
Navar-Boggan et al. (2014) [50] BA Single-center 42 blood pressure control N/A
repeat BP measurements yes
Parks et al. (2021) [49] ITS Single-center 63 intra-operative lung-protective ventilation yes
Patel et al. (2018) [44] CRCT Single-center 20 teams (n = NR) discharge quality yes
30 day re-admission no
Phase 1: Riblet et al. (2014) [52] BA Single-center NR peri-operative glioma care yes
Phase 2: Riblet et al. (2016) [51] no
Trent et al. (2019) [47] CRCT Single-center 16 sepsis/pneumonia management yes
Phase 1: Stevens et al. (2017) [53] BA Multi-center (4 centers) 12 prescription of potentially inappropriate medications yes
Phase 2: Vaughan et al. (2021) [42] Multi-center (3 centers) 283 no
Wang et al. (2021) [43] BA Multi-center (5 centers) 18 opioid prescribing practices NR
opioids prescribed/month yes
opioids/prescription no

* (p < 0.05, 95% CI); ** Number of health professionals receiving the intervention; Study design: RCT = randomized controlled trial, CRCT = cluster RCT, BA = before and after study, ITS = Interrupted time series; Effect direction: ⇑ = positive impact, ⇓ = negative impact, ⇔ = no change/mixed effect/conflicting findings.