Table 2

Characteristics of CoCE initiatives

First author of main record describing initiative	Theoretical centre (T) or physical centre (P)	Framework adapted/created	Resources			Processes used or suggested for CoCE
First author of main record describing initiative	Theoretical centre (T) or physical centre (P)	Framework adapted/created	Personnel	Infrastructure	Equipment	Criteria described	Processes to establish a CoCE	Processes to monitor a CoCE
Bitzer et al 47	T	X	X	X		X		X
Burkett et al 24	T		X			X		X
Campbell et al 38	P	X	X	X		X	X
Carvalho and Jill34	T	X	X		X	X	X	X
Casanueva et al 28 & Tritos31	T	X	X			X
Chang et al 48 & Lymphatic Education & Research Network68	P	X	X			X	X	X
Choque-Velasquez et al 39	P		X		X			X
Coon et al 69	P	X	X			X
Creehan et al 70	T	X	X			X
Daming et al 19	P	X	X	X		X	X	X
Deshmukh et al 40	P	X	X			X		X
Dietz et al 44	T	X	X		X	X
Distiller and Brown32	P		X			X		X
Draznin et al 33	T	X	X	X		X
El-Eshmawi et al 16	P	X	X	X		X	X	X
Elrod and Fortenberry4	P	X	X	X		X	X
Ferguson and Froehlich50	P		X				X	X
Frara et al 29	T	X	X	X		X	X	X
Geetha et al 53	P	X				X
Haider et al 37	T	X	X			X		X
King, Jamieson and Berg45	P	X				X	X	X
Kullar et al 54	P	X	X			X	X	X
Lancellotti et al 17 & Chambers et al 18	T		X	X		X		X
Li et al 55	T					X	X
Marinoff and Heiberger41	P		X	X			X
Martin et al 25	T	X				X
McLaughlin et al 30	T		X		X	X		X
Nakov et al 20	P		X			X
Piccini et al 21	T	X	X	X		X
Pronovost et al 49	T	X				X		X
Safer Care Victoria51	T	X				X
Sandhu et al 22	T	X	X
Santos-Moreno et al 36 71 72	P	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sheha and Iyer26	T		X			X		X
Shikora et al 57	P	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Shommu et al 73	T					X
Silver et al 35	T		X	X		X
Steiner et al 56	T		X			X	X
Tapela et al 42	P		X	X	X	X
Thomas et al 15	P		X				X	X
Vivian et al 46	P	X	X	X	X	X	X
Williams23	T	X	X		X	X	X
Wirth et al 52	T	X	X			X	X	X
Wu et al 27	T	X				X		X
Yao and Zhou43	P	X	X				X	X
Total	21 (P) 24 (T)	30	37	15	9	39	20	24

CoCE, centres of clinical excellence.