Cochrane Review Group

Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

128 systematic reviews in Effective Practice and Organisation of Care ask 1,852 questions. 30.1% have no studies to answer them, 24.1% rest on very low certainty evidence and 17.3% reach moderate or high certainty.

Reviews

128

Questions

1,852

current versions

No studies

30.1%

Moderate or high

17.3%

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.

Search questions in Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

Thinnest evidence

All no studies and very low questions

Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Summary of findings for the main comparison: comprehensive care programmes vs usual care Costs to the family · children with medical complexity Comprehensive care programmes for children with medical complexity (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Summary of findings: Any alternative model of care vs usual care Adverse events/falls: proportion of residents with a fall at longest · residents of aged care facilities Models for delivery and co‐ordination of primary or secondary health care (or both) to older adults living… (2024) · Cochrane	RR 1.15 [0.83, 1.6]	3 studies · 1061 participants	Very low
Summary of findings: Any alternative model of care vs usual care Adherence to clinical guideline‐recommended care: proportion of residents with adequate antidepressant therapy at longest · residents of aged care facilities Models for delivery and co‐ordination of primary or secondary health care (or both) to older adults living… (2024) · Cochrane	RR 5.29 [1.08, 26]	1 study · 65 participants	Very low
Summary of findings: Any alternative model of care vs usual care Resource use: cost‐effectiveness evaluations (6 to 21 months) · residents of aged care facilities Models for delivery and co‐ordination of primary or secondary health care (or both) to older adults living… (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	5 studies · 2341 participants	Very low
Health education vs routine care Occurrence of vaccine‐preventable diseases · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Engagement of community leaders vs routine care Proportion of children under 5 years of age fully immunised with all scheduled vaccines · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Engagement of community leaders vs routine care Occurrence of vaccine‐preventable diseases · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Engagement of community leaders vs routine care Cost of the intervention · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Engagement of community leaders vs routine care Adverse events · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Health education vs routine care Cost of the intervention ‐ reported narratively in 2 studies · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Health education vs routine care Adverse events · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Monetary incentives vs routine care Proportion of children who received DTP3 or Penta 3 by 1 year of age · children under 5 years of age Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies

Reviews 128

Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments

Gonçalves‐Bradley, D, Khangura, JK, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018

Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

Thinnest evidence

Reviews 128

Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments

Patient reminder and recall interventions to improve immunization rates

Impact of public release of performance data on the behaviour of healthcare consumers and providers

Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section

Interventions for increasing the use of shared decision making by healthcare professionals

Contracting out to improve the use of clinical health services and health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Improving adherence to Standard Precautions for the control of health care‐associated infections

Impact of medication reconciliation for improving transitions of care

E‐learning for health professionals

Providing physicians with feedback on medication adherence for people with chronic diseases taking long‐term medication

Hospitalisation in short‐stay units for adults with internal medicine diseases and conditions

Patient‐mediated interventions to improve professional practice

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older people admitted to a surgical service

Follow‐up services for improving long‐term outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors

Pharmacist services for non‐hospitalised patients

Interprofessional collaboration to improve professional practice and healthcare outcomes

Early discharge hospital at home

Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight reduction in children and adults with overweight or obesity

Computer‐generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors

Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions

Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital

Home or foster home care versus institutional long‐term care for functionally dependent older people