Table 3 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria of Scoping Literature Review
Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
|---|---|
Empirical study or exercise of priority setting in so far as it involves choice making at any level in the health system (e.g. national, provincial/state, regional, single organization) | Priority setting for non-health care settings (animal, environmental, education, etc.) |
Exercises that involve priority setting for health research | |
Reviews, commentaries or think pieces (although they may be kept for broader context) | |
Studies in low- or middle-income country (LMICs) | |
Presentation of an actual framework for decision making in relation to priority setting (e.g., CEA in and of itself, or MCDA in and of itself, does not constitute a framework for priority setting) | Procurement, supply management, other purely financial mechanisms for cost containment |
Descriptions of bedside or strictly clinically focused priority setting/rationing, including organ donation | |
Descriptions of only a single aspect of priority setting, even if empirically focused (e.g. public engagement, evaluation activity) where the whole process or framework is not described |