What evidence is there to support skill mix changes between GPs, pharmacists and practice nurses in the care of elderly people living in the community?

Table 3 A summary of the effectiveness of task substitution by patient condition

	Outcome Measures
Medical conditions of patients	Professional adherence to guideline	Patient adherence to treatment	Patient service use	Patient physio-logical measure of disease	Patient quality of life	Patient health status	Patient Satisfaction	Patient functional status
Dr task substitution by nurse
All conditions	8 (10)	0 (1)	2 (12)	6 (9)	3 (8)	2 (8)	3 (8)	0 (2)
Respiratory			0 (1)		0 (1)		0 (1)
Diabetes	5 (5)		0 (1)	3 (5)	0 (2)	1 (2)	0 (2)	0 (1)
Cardiovascular		0 (1)	1 (3)	1 (2)	3 (4)	1 (4)	0 (1)	0 (1)
Musculoskeletal					0 (1)
Mental condition			0 (1)			0 (1)
2 or more chronic condition	0 (2)		0 (1)	2 (2)
Others
Not specified	3 (4)		1 (5)			0 (1)	3 (4)
Dr task substitution by pharmacist
All conditions	6 (6)	8 (11)	2 (11)	13 (14)	3 (9)	4 (5)	5 (6)
Respiratory					1 (2)		1 (2)
Diabetes	3 (3)	1 (1)	0 (1)	6 (6)
Cardiovascular		2 (2)	0 (2)	4 (5)	2 (3)	2 (2)	1 (1)
Musculoskeletal						1 (1)
Mental condition	1 (1)	1 (1)	1 (1)			1 (2)	1 (1)
2 or more chronic condition	1 (1)	0 (2)	1 (2)	3 (3)	0 (2)		1 (1)
Others
Not specified	1 (1)	4 (5)	0 (5)		0 (2)		1 (1)

Note1: Number in cells is the number of studies showing at least one significant outcome for that particular outcome measure
Note2: Number in bracket is the number of studies reporting at least one outcome measure in that particular category