Ietje Perfors

55 Figure 2 . Risk of bias measured according to the EPOC criteria. Usual care In most studies, usual care was not described in detail. Only Luker et al 24 described the structured care that usual care patients received, which included home visits froma breast care nurse andwritten patient information on treatments. In general, the patient’s GP received a discharge summary 16–18, 20, 21, 26 at the end of the treatment period 16, 17 or after each visit. 26 Other types of transferred information to the GP included an extract of the hospital record 16, 17 or communication by telephone. 26 Two studies did not describe what usual care entailed. 22, 23, 25 3