Table 4 Overall impact by determinants at the meso-/macro-level
Number of studies | Improvement (%) | Quality of studies (average) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanism | Benchmarking | 4 | 0 (0)* | 1.3 |
In-depth analysis of data | 3 | 3 (100) | 1.7 | |
PDCA-cycle | 1 | 1 (100) | 2.0 | |
Medical domain | Orthopedics | 2 | 1 (50) | 1.7 |
Primary care | 1 | 0 (0) | 1.0 | |
Urology | 1 | 0 (0)* | 2.0 | |
Various internal and surgical departments | 4 | 3 (75) | 1.5 | |
Type of PROM | Disease-specific | 5 | 3 (60)* | 1.4 |
Generic | 1 | 0 (0) | 1.0 | |
Combination | 2 | 1 (50) | 2.0 |