Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Criteria | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Type of study | Review-level (review of reviews) evidence focusing on quantitative assessment effectiveness in palliative care interventions. Reviews of all types of original studies; reviews of reviews. | Not review-level evidence (primary studies). Opinion papers, editorials, conference abstracts. Reviews of qualitative studies. |
Dates | 2000–2019 | Outside the date range 2000–2018 |
Population | Reviews considering terminally ill adults (18 years old and over) and considering patients with varying illnesses. | Reviews focusing solely on children and adolescents (under 18 years of age) Reviews focusing on specific populations or ethnicities. |
Intervention | Reviews considering interventions in palliative care for any palliative care group. | Reviews not focusing on palliative care. Reviews focusing on a single procedure (i.e., a focus on treatment rather than palliative care) such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and other curative strategies. Reviews focusing on palliative care, but not on interventions. Reviews focusing on treatment rather than palliative care. |
Economic outcomes: Information on cost-effectiveness and costs | Reviews including any information regarding costs, whether cost, cost for caregivers cost of intervention, hospitalization, or general costs at end-of-life. | Reviews not including quantitative cost elements. |
Other outcomes | Resource use | – |
Language | Written in English. | Not written in English. |