Components of eligible interventions
| Type of continuity | De Graff | Edwards et al | Ingadottir and Jonsdottir | Montero et al | Morris and Galicia-Castillo | van de Mortel et al | O’Conner | Number of studies | |
| Care coordinator identified | R&I | x | x | x | x | 4 | |||
| Sharing care plan with other professionals | R&I | x | x | x | x | x | 5 | ||
| Contact with same professionals out of hours | R&I | x | 1 | ||||||
| Initial patient assessment conducted by coordinator | R&I | x | x | x | 3 | ||||
| Regular contact/follow-up up appointments with the same healthcare professional | R&I | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 7 |
| Patient selects which professional acts as their coordinator | R | x | 2 | ||||||
| Regular telephone contact with coordinator/identified nurse | R | x | x | x | x | 4 | |||
| One point of contact identified for patients | R | x | x | x | x | 4 | |||
| Initial medication history interview and medical reconciliation conducted | I | x | 2 | ||||||
| Liaison between medical teams (MDTs, case conferences) | I | x | x | x | x | x | x | 6 | |
| Education for healthcare professionals to promote buy in to intervention/promote continuity | I | x | x | x | 3 | ||||
| Creation of a (new) care Plan/database/report | I | x | x | x | x | x | 5 |
MDTs, multidisciplinary team meetings; I, informational continuity; R, relational continuity.