Table 2 Studies included in the review including their quality scores and evidence level

AIHW (2007) [26]

Quant

15

high

II

1

AIHW (2014) [27]

Quant

14

high

II

1

Baade et al. (2011a) [28]

Quant

16

high

II

1

Chen et al. (2015) [31]

Quant

15

high

II

1

Coory et al. (2013) [32]

Quant

16

high

III-2

1

Cramb et al. (2012) [33]

Quant

17

high

II

1

Roder et al. (2015) [69]

Quant

16

high

II

1

Wilkinson & Cameron (2004) [35]

Quant

9

moderate

II

1

Coory, Ganguly & Thompson (2001) [39]

Quant

15

high

III-2

2

Cramb, Mengersen & Baade (2011) [37]

Quant

13

moderate

IV

2

Homewood, Coory & Dinh (2005) [40]

Quant

15

high

III-2

2

Baade et al. (2011b) [43]

Quant

17

high

III-2

3

AIHW (2015) [12]

Quant

15

high

II

4

Javanparast et al. (2010) [45]

Quant

13

moderate

IV

4

Martini et al. (2011) [47]

Quant

16

high

IV

4

Steffen et al. (2014) [70]

Quant

15

high

II

4

Tong, Del Mar & Kennedy (2000) [71]

Quant

11

moderate

IV

4

Varlow et al. (2014) [48]

Quant

9

moderate

IV

4

Ward et al. (2011) [72]

Quant

16

high

IV

4

Ward, Javanparest & Wilson (2011) [72]

Qual

9

moderate

III

4

Gilbar, Lee & Pokharel (2015) [50]

Quant

11

moderate

III-2

5

Armstrong et al. (2005) [53]

Quant

11

moderate

III-2

6

Armstrong et al. (2007) [54]

Quant

11

moderate

III-2

6

Young et al. (2007) [55]

Quant

14

high

II

6

Morris et al. (2007) [57]

Quant

12

moderate

III-2

7

Goldsbury et al. (2012) [60]

Quant

15

moderate

III-2

8

Emery et al. (2013) [58]

Qual

17

high

III

8

Pascoe et al. (2013) [59]

Qual

15

high

III

8

Ieropoli et al (2011) [63]

Qual

11

moderate

III

12

Dunn et al. (2013a) [15]

Quant

16

high

II

13

Dunn et al. (2013b) [64]

Quant

14

high

II

14

Baade et al. (2013) [29]

Quant

17

high

II

1, 2

Martin et al. (2015) [38]

Quant

11

moderate

III-3

1, 2

Beckmann et al. (2016) [30]

Quant

16

high

II

1, 3

Jong et al. (2004) [34]

Quant

16

high

II

1, 3

Yu et al. (2005) [44]

Quant

16

high

II

1, 3

Hall et al. (2005) [52]

Quant

17

high

II

1, 5

Hocking et al. (2014) [51]

Quant

13

moderate

II

1, 5

Singla et al. (2014) [36]

Quant

14

high

II

1, 5

Wichmann et al. (2013) [62]

Quant

14

high

III-2

1, 9

Armstrong et al. (2004) [42]

Quant

11

moderate

III-2

3, 6, 7

Veitch et al. (2008) [14]

Qual

10

moderate

III

4, 5, 8, 9, 12

Beckmann et al. (2014) [49]

Quant

16

high

III-2

5, 6