Table 2

Categories of outcome measures used
Number of categories
 Categories used
Number of studies
 Total
1
 A1
 B1




75

2
 73





2
 A1, A2
 A1, B1
 A1, C
 A2, B1
 A2, C
 B1, B2
 B1, C
 74

5
 6
 1
 18
 2
 10
 32
3
 A1, A2, B1
 A1, A2, C
 A1, B1, C
 A2, B1, B2
 A2, B1, C
 B1, B2, C
55

19
 5
 9
 6
 11
 5

4
 A1, A2, B1, B2
 A1, A2, B1, C
 A1, B1, B2, C
 A2, B1, B2, C


21

2
 13
 1
 5



5
 A1, A2, B1, B2, C





3

3






A1: Measures of patient change; A2: Surrogate measures of patient change; B1: Measures of practitioner change; B2: Surrogate measures of practitioner change; C: Organisational or process level change

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