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Table 1 Characteristics of target population subjected to data-driven segmentation (n = 216)

From: A systematic review of the clinical application of data-driven population segmentation analysis

Population selection

No. of studies

Examples

Without specific diseases/conditions

163

A nationally representative sample of adults aged 18 years and over in Ireland [15]

With specific diseases/conditions

53

 

 Patients with psychological conditions

12

US adults who were diagnosed with lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder in wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions [16]

 Patients with cancer

9

Consecutive referrals with a diagnosis of non-curable cancer to the Palliative Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation [67]

 Patients with respiratory conditions

8

Children 6–17 years of age who underwent standardized characterization in Severe Asthma Research Program [68]

 Patients with heart diseases

5

Elderly patients admitted with ischemic coronary heart disease and recruited in a clinical trial [69]

 Patients with HIV positive status

3

A random stratified sample of HIV/AIDS patients recruited in French hospital departments delivering HIV care [70]

 Patients with gastrointestinal conditions

3

Patients with intractable irritable bowel syndrome enrolled in a randomised controlled trial [71]

 Others

13

 

Sample Size

  < =500

49

 

 501–1000

41

 

 1001-10,000

87

 

 10,001–100,000

24

 

  > =100,001

10

 

 N.A.

5

 

Country/Region

 Multiple countries

11

 

 North America

122

 

  US

109

 

  Canada

13

 

 Europe

60

 

  UK

24

 

  Other European countries

36

 

 Asia

13

 

 Oceanian

8

 

 Africa

2

 
  1. Abbreviations: HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome, US The United States of America, UK The United Kingdom, N.A. Not Available