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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

300 questions · 325 findings · 28 reviews · Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

No studies found 84 · 25.8%GRADE not reported 6 · 1.8%Very low 115 · 35.4%Low 70 · 21.5%Moderate 45 · 13.8%High 5 · 1.5%

Primary health professional‐ and community professional‐led interventions vs enhanced usual care

Service utilisation (1 to 6 months post intervention) ‐ incidence of visits to primary care centres due to alcohol consumption (RR > 1 denotes greater risk) · adult patients with harmful or hazardous alcohol or substance use

It is very uncertain whether primary health professional‐ and community professional‐led… changes service utilisation (1 to 6 months post intervention) ‐ incidence of… compared with enhanced usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

LHWs vs usual care

Morbidity ‐ care seeking practice hospital record review · patients with reducing mortality and morbidity in children <5 years

LHWs showed no clear difference in morbidity ‐ care seeking practice hospital record review compared with usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

The proportion of patients with one or more potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) · older people receiving polypharmacy

It is very uncertain whether pharmaceutical care changes the proportion of patients with one or more potentially… compared with usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pharmaceutical care vs usual care

The proportion of patients with one or more potential prescribing omission (PPO) · older people receiving polypharmacy

It is very uncertain whether pharmaceutical care changes the proportion of patients with one or more potential prescribing… compared with usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Primary care physician alerting system vs usual care

Bone mineral density · General practitioners/family doctors involved in the management of patients with osteoporosis

Primary care physician alerting system probably leads to higher bone mineral density1 compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Primary care physician alerting system vs usual care

Osteoporosis medication2 · General practitioners/family doctors involved in the management of patients with osteoporosis

Primary care physician alerting system probably leads to higher osteoporosis medication2 compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Follow‐up integrating additional patient symptom education or monitoring, or survivorship care plans vs usual care

Overall survival · adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and prostate cancer

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Follow‐up integrating additional patient symptom education or monitoring, or survivorship care plans vs usual care

Time to detection of recurrence · adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and prostate cancer

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review