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1,852 questions in 128 reviews · Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

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No studies 557 · 30.1%Ungraded 53 · 2.9%Very low 446 · 24.1%Low 476 · 25.7%Moderate 255 · 13.8%High 65 · 3.5%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Intervention NR IQR: interquartile range · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Patient outcomes · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Very low
Intervention NR Adverse effects · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR IQR: interquartile range · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Quality of care · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate
Intervention NR Patient outcomes · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Very low
Intervention NR Adverse effects · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR IQR: interquartile range · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Quality of care · Healthcare professionals Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional… (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate
Intervention NR Proportion of participants who were treated according to antibiotic prescribing guidelines · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	29 studies · 23394 participants	High
Intervention NR Addition of feedback to enablement · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	23 studies · 23 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Addition of enablement to restriction · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	29 participants	Low
Intervention NR Duration of all antibiotic treatment · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	14 studies · 3318 participants	High
Intervention NR Mortality · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	15827 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Mean length of hospital stay per participant · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	3834 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Delay in treatment · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 2 participants	Low
Intervention NR Negative professional culture · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 participants	Low
Intervention NR Effect modifier · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Enablement · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	29 studies · 29 participants	High
Intervention NR Restriction · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	29 studies · 29 participants	High
Professional interventions vs standard/usual care Number of hospital admissions · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 1.24 [0.79, 1.96]	3889 participants	Moderate
Professional interventions vs standard/usual care Number of people admitted to hospital · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.99 [0.92, 1.06]	3661 participants	High
Professional interventions vs standard/usual care Number of emergency department visits · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.71 [0.5, 1.02]	1067 participants	Low
Professional interventions vs standard/usual care Mortality · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.98 [0.82, 1.17]	3538 participants	Moderate
Organisational interventions vs standard/usual care Number of hospital admissions · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.85 [0.71, 1.03]	6203 participants	Very low
Organisational interventions vs standard/usual care Number of people admitted to hospital · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.92 [0.86, 0.99]	152237 participants	Low
Organisational interventions vs standard/usual care Number of emergency department visits · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.75 [0.49, 1.15]	1819 participants	Very low
Organisational interventions vs standard/usual care Mortality · adults receiving medication in primary care Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors (2017) · Cochrane	RR 0.94 [0.85, 1.03]	154962 participants	Very low
Intervention NR Clinical outcomes: physical heath · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	16 studies · 6977 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Clinical outcomes: mental health · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	18 studies · 6243 participants	High
Intervention NR Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	18 studies · 8698 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Hospital admissions · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	9 studies · 2396 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Process of care · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	26 studies · 13088 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Participation and default rates · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	7 studies · 1639 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Participant health behaviours · adults with chronic conditions Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	8 studies · 4565 participants	Moderate
Intervention NR Hand Hygiene Compliance3 · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Colonisation rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Hand hygiene compliance · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Very low
Intervention NR Infection rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Very low
Intervention NR Colonisation rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Low
Intervention NR Hand hygiene compliance · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Low
Intervention NR Infection rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Very low
Intervention NR Colonisation rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Observed hand hygiene compliance · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Low
Intervention NR Infection rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate
Intervention NR Colonisation rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate
Intervention NR ⊕⊕⊝⊝low (5 studies) · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Low
Intervention NR Observed hand hygiene compliance · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	Low
Intervention NR Infection rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Intervention NR Colonisation rates · Healthcare workers Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care (2017) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies