Study designs of evaluations included in the review
The review included all type of studies assessing organisational methods of asthma management and were written in English.
Specific interventions included in the review
Organisation of asthma care: shared care, asthma clinics in general practice, asthma consultations in general practice, community-based provision, out-patient provision, in-patient provision, and emergency provision.
Participants included in the review
Asthma patients were included.
Outcomes assessed in the review
The outcomes assessed varied across the studies, e.g. asthma morbidity, use of medication, school absence, consultations, hospital attendances, health service costs, attitudes and knowledge of asthma.
How were decisions on the relevance of primary studies made?
The authors do not state how the papers were selected for the review, or how many of the authors performed the selection.