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Table 2 PRISMA Flow Chart

From: Advancing towards contemporary practice: a systematic review of organisational performance measures for non-acute health charities

Stage 1: Identification

Published articles identified through database search

Phase 1: Database search strategy (n = 17,823)

Phase 2: Additional records identified through peer feedback and reference checks (n = 217)

Records identified through five database search strategy fields -

 1: Organisation performance of NGOs, third-sector, non-government organisations, non-profit organisations

 2: Organisation performance of health services - non-acute, primary health

 3: Organisation performance of health services - child and paediatric

 4: Organisation performance of health services - non-profit, NPO, third-sector, non-government

 5: Health organisations, paediatric health, child health, primary health, non-acute health, non-profit organisations, non-government organisations, NGOs, non-government health, non-government primary health, third sector, third sector health, third sector child health

Stage 2: Screening

Records screened

(n = 18,040)

Records excluded (n = 17,780) for not meeting inclusion criteria –

Published between 2003 and 2015 (excluded = 3354, included = 14,686)

Scholarly peer-reviewed literature (excluded = 7409, included = 7277)

Available in English and full-text online (excluded = 39, included = 7238)

Abstract confirmed record related to organisational performance measurement and healthcare (excluded = 6973, included = 265)

Removal of duplications (excluded = 5, included = 260)

Stage 3: Eligibility

Full text articles assessed for eligibility

(n = 260)

Records excluded (n = 256) for not meeting eligibility criteria –

Study relates to an organisation providing Health and Social Services (excluded = 1, eligible = 255)

Study relates to Organisational Performance Measurement Framework including Measures (excluded = 195, eligible = 60)

Study relates to, or makes reference to, delivery of non-acute health services = (excluded = 46, eligible = 14)

Provides a complete Organisational Performance Measurement Framework including Measures (excluded = 6, eligible = 8)

Study relates to organisational performance in non-government organisation/s (excluded = 8, eligible = 4)

Study relates to organisational performance in non-for-profit or charitable organisation/s (excluded = 0, eligible = 4)

Stage 4: Included

Studies included in qualitative synthesis

(n = 4)

 
  1. Flow of information through the phases of the PRISMA compliant systematic review a systematic review including the number of records identified, included and excluded at each phase