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Evaluation of IT modernisation in the NHS - NETSCC

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Report to SDO for NCRS ProjectReview <strong>of</strong> Economic Implications3.4. ResultsThe <strong>in</strong>itial search identified 1725 studies from <strong>the</strong> Medl<strong>in</strong>e database and 529studies from <strong>the</strong> Cochrane Library. The comb<strong>in</strong>ed list <strong>of</strong> references from Medl<strong>in</strong>eand <strong>the</strong> Cochrane library was checked for duplicates and 118 were removed.Figure 3 summarises <strong>the</strong> selection process. A total <strong>of</strong> 149 papers were identifiedfor full text review. An additional 20 papers were identified from <strong>the</strong> bibliographies<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>cluded papers. Overall, 18 studies were identified for data extraction.Agreement between <strong>the</strong> two reviewers with respect to identification <strong>of</strong> papers forfull text review was ‘good’ 55 (weighted Kappa=0.68, CI (0.641, 0.737)), with simpleagreement on 98% <strong>of</strong> papers.Figure 3 : Search resultsTitles and Abstracts identified for review1725Rejected - 1576Full Text Articles Requested for fur<strong>the</strong>rscreen<strong>in</strong>g - 149Reference lists <strong>of</strong> 149 werescreened - additional 20 articleswere requested for fur<strong>the</strong>r screen<strong>in</strong>gRejected - 172 unable to obta<strong>in</strong>Rejected - 116Articles Selected for Data Extraction1Articles Selected for Data Extraction – 1828

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