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Which review is that? A guide to review types.

A typology of literature reviews

Review of economic evaluations


"Health economic evaluation research, which involves the comparative analysis of alternative health interventions to understand their resource use, costs and costs relative to effectiveness consequences" Gomersall et al, 2015).

 

Resources/Further Reading


Gomersall, J. S., Jadotte, Y. T., Xue, Y., Lockwood, S., Riddle, D., & Preda, A. (2015). Conducting systematic reviews of economic evaluations. JBI Evidence Implementation, 13(3), 170-178. Full Text


Kaunelis, D., & Glanville, J. (2017). Cost and economic evaluation. Summarized Research in Information Retrieval for HTA (SuRE Info). Retrieved from http://vortal.htai.org/?q=node/336 Link


Example


Vissapragada, R., Bulamu, N. B., Brumfitt, C., Karnon, J., Yazbeck, R., & Watson, D. I. (2021). Improving cost-effectiveness of endoscopic surveillance for Barrett’s esophagus by reducing low-value care: a review of economic evaluations. Surgical Endoscopy, 35(11), 5905-5917. Full Text

References
Gomersall, J. S., Jadotte, Y. T., Xue, Y., Lockwood, S., Riddle, D., & Preda, A. (2015). Conducting systematic reviews of economic evaluations. JBI Evidence Implementation, 13(3), 170-178. Full Text