The quality of the evidence base for clinical pathway effectiveness: Room for improvement in the design of evaluation trials

Table 2 Reasons for exclusion stage one (n = 2954)

Reason	Number	%
Not CPW	2335	79.1
Not study	253	8.6
Not hospital	246	8.3
EPOC minimum study design criteria not met	89	3.0
Other (e.g. qualitative study)	31	1.0
Total	2954	100

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