Heuristics, Biases, and Decisions in Resource Allocation for Home Care Packages under Consumer Directed Care: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis
Table 2
Exclusion criteria.
Exclusion labels
Definition
Wrong setting
The setting (context where research was conducted) was not at home
Wrong patient population
The population included in the study were not over 65 or the population of the study were not actively making choices about their care
Wrong indication
The indication (set of circumstances) was not home care resource/budgeting decisions (for example, quality of life measurement in home care)
Wrong intervention
The intervention (budget allocation) was not the focus of the study (for example, a study evaluating the impact of participatory research design in health service planning)
Irrelevant
Specifically applied to the time of publication being outside of CDC policy (for example, do consumers want to be involved in health care decisions published in 1984)
Grey literature
Publications arising from nonacademic or nonpeer reviewed sources
Wrong comparator
Comparator (control variable) was outside the scope of resource allocation/budgeting in home care (for example, a study looking at advertising, antidepressant use, and the prevalence of depression)
Wrong study design
Design of the study was not able to be evaluated under the qualitative systematic review framework (e.g., published protocol, animal studies, and editorials)
Not in English
Study was written and reported in a language other than English
