| No. studies | |
---|---|---|
Decision type a | ||
Screening or testing | 11 | |
Diagnosisb | 6 | |
Treatment or management | 22 | |
Decision type sub-group a | ||
Screening or testing | Test ordering | 11 |
Examination | 5 | |
Treatment or management | Prescribing | 18 |
Giving advice | 5 | |
Referral | 8 | |
Follow-up | 4 | |
Appointment-scheduling | 0 | |
Treatment other than prescribing | 5 | |
Method used for decision appropriateness assessment | ||
Guidelines | 14 | |
Expert panel | 5 | |
Literature | 3 | |
Actual diagnosis | 1 | |
Combination | 5 | |
Method used to analyse decision appropriateness | ||
Calculated agreement with decision appropriateness assessment standard | 6 | |
Calculated quality scores | 5 | |
Calculated mean proportion of appropriate or non-appropriate decisions | 3 | |
Decisions assessed on scales; mean scale ratings compared to decision appropriateness assessment standard | 2 | |
Calculated proportion of GPs making different decisions, but: | Â | |
 • Data presented with those of other HCPs | 4 | |
 • Unclear specifically which options were appropriate/inappropriate | 3 | |
 • Focussed only on certain appropriate decisions | 2 | |
 • Data presented in graphs so cannot extract | 1 | |
 • Total number analysed not specified | 1 | |
 • Scenario results amalgamated with results from other questions | 1 |