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Reviews
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- Distribution of educational
materials
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Electronic access to health information and/or knowledge by
health professionals to improve practice and patient care
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- Educational meetings
(including lectures, workshops and traineeships):
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Continuing
education meetings and workshops: effects on professional
practice and health care outcomes
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Local consensus processes:
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Local
consensus processes: effects on professional practice and
health care outcomes
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Educational outreach visits:
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Educational
outreach visits: effects on professional practice and health
care outcomes
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Local opinion leaders:
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Local
opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and health
care outcomes
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Patient mediated interventions:
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Audit and feedback:
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Audit
and feedback: effects on professional practice and health
care outcomes
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Audit filters for improving processes of
care and clinical outcomes in trauma systems
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Continuous quality improvement: effects
on professional practice and healthcare outcomes
[P]
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Reminders (including computerised
decision support systems):
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Computer-generated
paper reminders: effects on professional practice and health
care outcomes
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Manual paper reminders: effects on professional practice and
health care outcomes
[P]
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The effects of on-screen, point of care computer reminders
on processes and outcomes of care.
[R]
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Marketing:
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Tailored
interventions to overcome identified barriers to change:
effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
[R]
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Mass
media:
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Mass
media interventions: effects on health services utilisation
[R]
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Other:
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Continuous quality improvement: effects on professional
practice and patient outcomes
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Educational games for health professionals
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Electronic retrieval of health information by healthcare
providers to improve practice and patient care
[R]
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Interprofessional
education: effects on professional practice and health care
outcomes
[R]
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Interventions to improve question formulation in
professional practice and self-directed learning
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Outreach strategies for expanding health insurance coverage
in children
[P]
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Financial interventions -
Provider oriented
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Fee-for-service:
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Capitation,
salary, fee-for-service and mixed systems of payment:
effects on the behaviour of primary care physicians
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Prepaid (no other description):
No reviews currently
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Capitation / Provider salaried
service:
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Capitation,
salary, fee-for-service and mixed systems of payment:
effects on the behaviour of primary care physicians
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Prospective payment:
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Provider incentives:
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Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health
interventions in low and middle-income countries
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Target payments in primary care: effects on professional
practice and health care outcomes
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The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health
care provided by primary care physicians
[P]
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Institution incentives:
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Financial benefits for child health and well-being in
low income or socially disadvantaged families in
developed world countries
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The effect of social franchising on access to and quality of
health services in low- and middle-income countries
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Provider grant/allowance:
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Institution grant/allowance:
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Provider penalty:
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Institution penalty:
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Formulary:
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Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co-payment on
rational drug use
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Pharmaceutical policies-
effects of reference pricing, other pricing, and purchasing
policies
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Financial interventions -
Patient oriented
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Premium:
No reviews currently
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Co-payment:
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Changes
in out-of-pocket payments on utilisation of health care
services
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User fee:
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Changes
in out-of-pocket payments on utilisation of health care
services
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Patient incentives:
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The impact of conditional cash transfers on health outcomes
and use of health services in low and middle income
countries
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Patient grant/allowance:
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Patient penalty:
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Organisational interventions
- Provider oriented
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Revision of professional
roles:
No reviews currently
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Clinical multidisciplinary teams:
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Consultation liaison in primary practice for mental health
problems [P]
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Effect of outpatient pharmacists' non-dispensing roles on
patient outcomes and prescribing patterns
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Expanding the roles of outpatient pharmacists: effects on
health services utilisation, costs, and patient outcomes
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Interprofessional collaboration: effects of practice-based
interventions on professional practice and healthcare
outcomes
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Interventions for improving the adoption of shared decision
making by healthcare professionals
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Interventions to change the behaviour of health
professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight
reduction in overweight and obese people [R]
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Lay health workers in primary and community health care
for maternal and child
health and the management of infectious diseases
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The effectiveness of strategies to change organisational
culture to improve healthcare performance
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Workplace-based organisational interventions to prevent and
control obesity by improving dietary intake and/or
increasing physical activity
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Formal integration of services:
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Clinical pathways: effects on professional practice, patient
outcomes, length of stay and hospital costs [R]
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Interprofessional collaboration: effects of practice-based
interventions on professional practice and healthcare
outcomes
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Strategies for integrating primary health services in
middle- and low-income countries at the point of delivery
[R]
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Supervision outreach visits to improve the quality of
primary health care in low- and middle-income countries
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Skill mix changes (changes in
numbers, types or qualifications of staff):
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Dietary
advice given by a dietician versus other health professional
or self-help resources to reduce blood cholesterol
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Effects of changes in the pre-licensure education of health
workers on health worker supply
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In-service training for health professionals to improve care
of the seriously ill newborn or child in low and
middle-income countries
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On-site mental health workers delivering psychological
therapy and psychosocial interventions to patients in
primary care: effects on the professional practice of
primary care providers
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Primary and community health care professionals in hospital
emergency departments: effects on process and outcome of
care and resources
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Substitution of doctors by nurses in primary care
[R]
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Continuity of care:
Arrangements for follow up:
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Case management
(including co-ordination of assessment, treatment and
arrangements for referral):
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Admission avoidance hospital at home
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Case management: effects on
professional practice and health care outcomes [P]
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Early discharge hospital at home
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Effectiveness of shared care across the interface between
primary and specialty care in chronic disease management
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Satisfaction of providers with the
conditions of work and its material and psychic rewards (eg
interventions to 'boost morale'):
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Flexible working conditions and their effects on employee
health and wellbeing
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Interventions for increasing the proportion of health
professionals practising in rural and other underserved
areas [R]
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Preventive staff-support interventions for health workers
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Communication and case discussion
between distant health professionals (eg telephone links;
telemedicine):
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Telemedicine
versus face to face patient care: effects on professional
practice and health care outcomes
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Organisational interventions
- Patient oriented
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Mail order pharmacies:
No reviews currently
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Presence and functioning of
adequate mechanisms for dealing with client suggestions and
complaints:
No reviews currently
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Consumer participation in
governance of health care organisation:
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Organisational interventions
- Structural interventions
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Changes
in the setting/site of service delivery:
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Antenatal day care units versus hospital admission for women
with complicated pregnancy
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Care
home versus hospital and own home environments for
rehabilitation of older people
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Early discharge hospital at home
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Effectiveness of intermediate care in nursing led in
patients
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Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation
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Hospital nurse staffing models and patient and staff-related
outcomes
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Institutional
versus at-home long term care for functionally dependent
older people
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Medical
day hospital care for the elderly versus alternative forms
of care [R]
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On-site mental health workers delivering psychological
therapy and psychosocial interventions to patients in
primary care: effects on the professional practice of
primary care providers
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Open general
medical wards versus specialist psychiatric units for acute
psychoses [R]
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Planned home versus hospital care for preterm prelabour
rupture of the membranes (PPROM) prior to 37 weeks'
gestation
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Service organisation for the secondary prevention of
ischaemic heart disease in primary care
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Telephone consultation and triage: effects on health
care use and patient satisfaction
[R]
[S]
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Changes in physical structure,
facilities and equipment:
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Changes in medical record systems:
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Nursing
record systems: effects on nursing practice and health care
outcomes
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Changes in scope and nature of
benefits and services:
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Presence and organisation of quality
monitoring mechanisms:
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The effectiveness of the public release of performance data
in changing consumer, healthcare professional or
organisational behaviour.
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Ownership, accreditation, and
affiliation status of hospitals and other facilities:
No reviews currently
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Staff organisation:
No reviews currently
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Other:
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Effects of interventions aimed at changing the length of
primary care physicians' consultation
[R]
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The effect of social franchising on access to and quality of
health services in low- and middle-income countries
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The impact of contracting out on health outcomes and use of
health services in low and middle-income countries
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Reviews
of specific types of interventions - Organisational interventions
- Regulatory interventions
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Changes in medical liability:
No reviews currently
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Management of patient complaints:
No reviews currently
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Peer review:
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Licensure:
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Reviews
of interventions to improve specific types of practice
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Clinical preventive services:
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Interventions for improving coverage of child immunization
in low-income and middle-income countries
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Patient reminder and recall systems to improve immunization
rates
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Diagnosis:
No reviews currently
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Test ordering:
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Interventions
for improving the appropriate use of imaging in people with
musculoskeletal conditions
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Referrals:
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No reviews currently available for this topic
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Procedures:
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Clinically-indicated replacement versus routine replacement
of peripheral venous catheters [R]
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Pre-hospital emergency
pathways for people with suspected stroke
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Prescribing:
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Computerised
advice on drug dosage to improve prescribing practice
[R]
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Interventions for preventing osteoporosis in women on
heparin therapy during pregnancy
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Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices
for hospital inpatients
[R]
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Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in
ambulatory care
[R]
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Interventions to improve evidence-based prescribing for
heart failure
[P]
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Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy
for older people
[P]
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Pharmaceutical policies: effects on rational drug use, an
overview of 13 reviews
[P]
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Pharmaceutical policies- effects of reference pricing, other
pricing, and purchasing policies
[R]
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General management of a problem:
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End-of-life care pathways for improving outcomes in caring
for the dying
[R]
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Indigenous
healthcare worker involvement for Indigenous adults and
children with asthma
[R]
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Interventions for increasing the proportion of health
professionals practising in rural and other underserved
areas
[R]
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Interventions for preventing occupational irritant hand
dermatitis
[R]
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Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in
hospital
[P]
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Interventions for reducing preventable drug-related hospital
admissions or preventable drug-related morbidity in primary
care [P]
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Interventions to change the behaviour of health
professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight
reduction in overweight and obese people
[R]
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Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient
care [R]
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Interventions to improve the management of asthma in primary
care settings [P]
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Interventions
to improve the management of diabetes mellitus in primary
care, outpatient and community settings
[R]
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Interventions to increase the use of screening and brief
intervention programmes for hazardous alcohol consumption by
patients in primary care settings
[P]
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Interventions to reduce waiting lists for elective
procedures
[P]
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Lay health workers in primary and community health care
for maternal and child
health and the management of infectious diseases
[R]
[S]
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Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary
caesarean section
[P]
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Outreach and Early Warning Systems (EWS) for the prevention
of intensive care admission and death of critically ill
adult patients on general hospital wards
[R]
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Printed educational materials- effects on professional
practice and health care outcomes
[R]
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Professional interventions for general practitioners on the
management of musculoskeletal conditions
[P]
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Substitution of doctors by nurses in primary care
[R]
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Patient education/advice:
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Professional-patient communication:
No reviews currently
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Record keeping:
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Interventions for promoting
information and communication technologies adoption in
healthcare professionals
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Financial (resource use):
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The impact of health
financing strategies on access to health services in low and
middle income countries
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Sensory environment on health-related outcomes of hospital
patients [P]
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Discharge planning:
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Discharge
planning from hospital to home
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Very early discharge versus early discharge versus non-early
discharge in pediatric cancer patients with febrile
neutropenia
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Patient outcomes:
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Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute
low-back pain and sciatica
[R]
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Specialist home-based nursing services for children with
acute and chronic illnesses
[R]
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Specialist
outreach clinics in primary care and rural hospital settings
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Broad
overviews (summaries to provide guidance for different target
audiences, such as clinicians, consumers, policy makers, guideline
developers, educators etc, eg strategies to introduce clinical
practice guidelines)
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Care home versus hospital and own home environments for
rehabilitation of older people
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Collaboration between local health and local government
agencies for health improvement
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Effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions to
improve cancer pain management
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Guidelines
in professions allied to medicine
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Improving surgical practice - a systematic review of
effective education strategies to improve surgical technical
skills in operative procedures
[P]
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Incentives and disincentives to participation by clinicians
in randomised controlled trials
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Organisational
infrastructures to promote evidence based nursing practice
[R]
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Organising health care services for persons with an
intellectual disability
[R]
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Policy interventions implemented through sporting
organisations for promoting healthy behaviour change
[R]
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Smart home technologies for health and social care support
[R]
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Strategies for communicating contraceptive effectiveness
[R]
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Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised controlled
trials
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Teaching
critical appraisal skills in health care settings
[R]
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Telehealthcare for asthma
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Telephone consultation and triage: effects on health care
use and patient satisfaction
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