Economic evaluations in the palliative and end-of-life care settings: A systematic review of existing evidence, methods and quality

Economic evaluations in palliative and end-of-life care settings mainly adhered to commonly required decision-making frameworks. This may result in sub-optimal analytical perspectives leading to important missed consequences, omitted alternative value considerations, and ignorance of some existing context-specific methodological recommendations. Developing and promoting consensus-based, context-specific methodological recommendations would be crucial to enhance the appropriateness of economic evaluation evidence in this context.