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The systematic review is a new category of fellowship research project. A systematic review is a complete literature review based on a clearly formatted research question. In the performance of the systematic review all relevant studies are identified, and appraised for their quality. The data from all of the selected studies are then summarized. The systematic, explicit, and transparent approa...

Introduction The number of persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is increasing rapidly; yet systems built to care for them have received little attention. In order to inform the development of scalable CKD care models, we conducted a systematic review to characterise existing CKD care models in LMICs. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and...

Structured summary 2 Provide a structured summary including, as applicable: background; objectives; data sources; study eligibility criteria,participants, and interventions; study appraisal and synthesis methods; results; limitations; conclusions andimplications of key findings; systematic review registration number.2

Structured summary2 Provide a structured summary including, as applicable: background; objectives; data sources; study eligibility criteria,participants, and interventions; study appraisal and synthesis methods; results; limitations; conclusions andimplications of key findings; systematic review registration number.2

Although white-collar work is of vast importance to the economy, the operations management (OM) literature has focused largely on traditional blue-collar work. In an effort to stimulate more OM research into the design, control, and management of white-collar work systems, this paper provides a systematic review of disparate streams of research relevant to understanding white-collar work from a...