Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for systematic review on cost-effectiveness of MDT working
From: Are multidisciplinary teams in secondary care cost-effective? A systematic review of the literature
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| Studies comparing MDT care with no MDT care | Studies that are not comparative i.e. focus on MDT care only |
| Secondary care services i.e. hospital-based or community-based | Primary care |
| Study design – RCT, cohort, case–control, before and after, cross-sectional studies, or modelling studies | Ecological studies, case reports |
| Applied study (i.e. studies generating primary data or modelling of secondary data) | Methodological and general articles, expert opinion, letters and abstracts |
| Population – persons diagnosed with any diseases | |
| Study setting – any country | |
| MDTs are defined as: | Multidisciplinary ward rounds |
| a) Team members from a minimum of two disciplines making decisions; and | |
| b) Regular team meetings to discuss diagnosis, treatment and/or patient management, occurring at a physical location or by tele-conferencing | |
| Outcomes - health outcomes which are relevant to the disease being investigated | |
| Costs – average costs of organising MDT meetings, average cost per patient treated, or incremental cost effectiveness ratios | |
| Journal articles, grey literature | Books |
| English language | Foreign languages |