Health system arrangements investigated by included studies, classified by health system domain
| Health system framework domain | Health system factor being investigated | Number of studies | Number of studies and study designs | Setting of studies (countries) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governance and delivery | Physician-led education | 1 | RCT (1) | UK (1)21 |
| Nurse-led education | 3 | RCT (2) | Denmark (1),22 UK (1)23 | |
| Cohort (1) | USA/Canada (1)39 | |||
| Pharmacy-led education | 2 | RCT (1) | USA (1)17 | |
| Non-randomised trial (1) | Germany (1)29 | |||
| Comprehensive education programme | 2 | RCT (1) | Turkey (1)24 | |
| Cohort (1) | France (1)36 | |||
| Hospital-level quality improvement | 4 | RCT (1) | USA (1)19 | |
| Cohort (2) | USA (1)30 Canada (1)31 | |||
| Case–control (1) | USA (1)41 | |||
| Routine place of care | 1 | Cohort (1) | Sweden (1)32 | |
| Generic versus branded drugs | 1 | Cohort (1) | USA (1)37 | |
| Complexity of treatment regimen | 1 | Cross-sectional (1) | Argentina/Brazil/Italy/Paraguay/Spain (1)25 | |
| FDC | 4 | RCT (4) | India/Europe (1),20 Australia/New Zealand (1),26 New Zealand (1),28 Argentina/Brazil/Italy/Paraguay/Spain (1)25 | |
| All governance and delivery studies | 19 | RCT (10), non-randomised trial (1), cohort (6), cross-sectional (1), case–control (1) | USA (5), Canada (1), USA/Canada (1), UK(2), Germany (1), Sweden (1), Turkey (1), France (1), Denmark (1), India/Europe (1), Australia/New Zealand (1), New Zealand (1), Argentina/Brazil/Italy/Paraguay/Spain (2) | |
| Human resources | Undergraduate training of physicians | 1 | Cohort (1) | Canada (1)18 |
| All human resources studies | 1 | Cohort (1) | Canada (1) | |
| Intellectual resources | Education of physicians | 1 | Cohort (1) | Israel (1)33 |
| All intellectual resources studies | 1 | Cohort (1) | Israel (1) | |
| Health system financing | Copayments for medical care | 2 | Cohort (2) | USA (1),35 Austria (1)34 |
| Insurance and prescription cost assistance | 2 | Cohort (1) | USA (1)38 | |
| RCT (1) | USA (1)27 | |||
| All financing studies | 4 | RCT (1), cohort (3) | USA (3), Austria (1) | |
| Physical resources | All physical resources studies | 0 | ||
| Social resources | All social resources studies | 0 |
Italics denote the total number of studies under a particular health system domain. RCT, randomised controlled trial.