Table 4 Effects of clinical guidelines as provided by standardized mean differences
From: Do clinical guidelines reduce clinician dependent costs?
Intervention | Source | Standardized mean difference (intervention and control) | Statistically significant |
|---|---|---|---|
Educational materials | Randomized controlled trial | + 0.25 | Not Significant |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | +0.53 | Significant |
Educational Meetings | Randomized controlled trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | None | Not applicable |
Audits and feedbacks | Randomized controlled trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | +0.2 | CCT |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | None | CBA |
Reminders | Randomized controlled trial | -0.28 | Not Ascertained |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | +0.15 | Not Significant |
Patient directed interventions | Randomized controlled trial | -0.67 | Significant |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | +6.00 | Significant |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | +9.00 | Significant |
Other organizational interventions | Randomized controlled trial | +0.31 | Significant |
| Â | Cluster allocated controlled clinical trial | None | Not applicable |
| Â | Controlled before and after study | -0.21 | Significant |