Lead author | Country | Clusters | Intervention | Main outcome(s) | Interview number |
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De Allegri [14] | Burkina Faso | 33 geographical rural and urban clusters | • Offer of community health insurance | Health service utilization | 1 |
Dreischulte [17] (DQIP study) | United Kingdom | 40 general practice surgeries in two Scottish health boards | • Each practice received a visit providing education on targeted prescribing and training in the use of an informatics tool | Composite measure of high-risk prescribing | 2 |
• The informatics tool provided weekly updated feedback of targeted prescribing at practice level, prompting the review of individual clients affected, and summarising each patient’s relevant risk factors and prescriptions |  |  | |||
• Payments for practices: a US $560 upfront incentive and US $24 for each client reviewed during the intervention |  |  | |||
Killam [35] | Zambia | Antenatal care clinics | • Antiretroviral therapy for HIV during antenatal care | Proportion of treatment-eligible women initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy | 3 |
Roy [58] | United Kingdom | Tuberculosis clinics in London | • Universal offer of HIV testing in tuberculosis clinics | Levels of HIV test offers, acceptance and coverage | 4 |
Mouchoux [50] (CONFUCIUS study) | France | Three surgical wards | • Preoperative geriatric consultation | Postoperative delirium within seven days of surgery | 5 |
• Training of ward staff and Hospital Elder Life Program | |||||
• Conferences about cases of delirium | |||||
Stringer [63] (BHOMA study) | Zambia | Catchment areas of primary health care centres | • Implementation of clinical protocols, forms, and systems by Quality Improvement (QI) team in primary health centres. | Overall mortality | 6 |
Under-five mortality | |||||
• Monitoring of care and mentoring facility staff to improve quality. | |||||
• Engagement of community health workers to refer and follow up clients. |