Table 1 Summary of main features of included studies

Tarimcilar and Khaksari [50]

Socioecon. Plann. Sci.

Decision-makers

Decision-makers

Sinuany-stern et al. [64]

Locat. Sci.

Group discussion

Group discussion

Dolan [48]

Heal. Expect.

Group discussion and specialists

Literature

Baltussen and Niessen [21]

Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc.

Decision-makers

Decision-makers

Singh et al. [33]

BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak.

Decision-makers

Decision-makers

Ágnes [66]

Magy. Onkol.

Literature

Literature

Doerner et al. [27]

Eur. J. Oper. Res.

Literature

Literature

Goetghebeur et al. [25]

BMC Health Serv. Res.

Literature

Literature

Jehu-appiah et al. [61]

Value Heal.

Decision-makers

Interview

Kuzma et al. [49]

Risk Anal.

Literature

Group discussion

Sustersic et al. [32]

J Int Med Res

Specialists

Literature

Dursun et al. [31]

World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol.

Group discussion and specialists

Group discussion

Goetghebeur et al. [39]

Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc.

Literature

specialists

Danner et al. [67]

Int. J. Technol. Assess. Health Care

Decision-makers

Group discussion

Dursun et al. [42]

World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol.

Group discussion and specialists

Literature

Dursun et al. [43]

Resour. Conserv. Recycl.

Literature and specialists

Literature and specialists

Lee and Kwak [68]

J. Med. Syst.

Group discussion

Group discussion

Padma and Balasubramanie [35]

Expert Syst. Appl.

Specialists

Literature

Tony et al. [40]

BMC Health Serv. Res.

Decision-makers

Literature

Defechereux et al. [62]

BMC Health Serv. Res.

Literature

Specialists

Mirelman et al. [63]

Value Heal.

Literature

Specialists

Hummel et al. [56]

Appl. Health Econ. Health Policy

Decision-makers

Literature

Isoke and Van Dijk [69]

Water Environ. J.

specialists

specialists

Liu et al. [10]

Waste Manag.

Literature

Specialists

Lu et al. [26]

Decis. Support Syst.

specialists

Literature

Özkan [45]

Waste Manag. Res.

Literature

Literature

Diaz-Ledezma et al. [47]

Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res.

Literature

Literature

Liu et al. [51]

Waste Manag.

Literature

Specialists

Oddershede et al. [70]

Int. J. Comput. Commun. Control

Decision-makers

Literature

Reddy et al. [34]

Public Health

Group discussion and specialists

Group discussion

Stromme et al. [71]

Dev. World Bioeth.

Literature

Literature

Til et al. [57]

Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc.

Literature

Specialists

Venhorst et al. [58]

Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc.

Group discussion

Specialists

Ahmadi et al. [65]

Int. J. Med. Inform.

Literature

Specialists

Cabrera-Barona et al. [72]

IInt. J. Health Geogr.

Literature

Literature

Dehe and Bamford [9]

Expert Syst. Appl.

Literature

Decision-makers

Diaby and Lachaine [38]

Appl. Health Econ. Health Policy

Decision-makers

Decision-makers

Graaf et al. [55]

Biomed Res. Int.

Group discussion and specialists

Group discussion and literature

Kulak et al. [44]

Appl. Soft Comput.

Group discussion

Group discussion

Kuruoglu et al. [73]

BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak.

Group discussion

Literature and specialists

Paolucci et al. [53]

Health Policy Plan.

Decision-makers

Decision-makers

Ritrovato et al. [74]

Value in Health

Literature

Literature

Wahlster et al. [75]

Heal. Res. Policy Syst.

Literature

Specialists

Carnero [30]

Shock Vib.

Literature

Literature

Carnero and Gómez [76]

BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak.

Literature

Group discussion and literature

Delice and Zegerek [8]

Appl. Math. Inf. Sci.

Ranking

Specialists

Diaby et al. [46]

Expert Rev. Pharmacoecon. Outcomes Res.

Group discussion

Group discussion

Gómez and Carnero [77]

Int. Fed. Autom. Control

Literature

Group discussion

Hongoh et al. [29]

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

Group discussion and decision-makers

Group discussion and literature

Hussain and Malik [36]

J. Health Organ. Manag.

Literature

Literature

Hussain et al. [78]

Bus. Process Manag. J.

Specialists

Literature and specialists

Kalhor et al. [79]

J. Biol. Today’s World

Specialists

Specialists

Kim and Kim [80]

Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang.

Specialists

Specialists

Lu et al. [52]

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

Literature

Specialists

Mahfoud et al. [81]

Am. J. Appl. Sci.

Specialists

Specialists

Merola et al. [82]

Int. J. Bus. Syst. Res.

Group discussion and literature

Literature

Mohamadi et al. [83]

Shiraz E-Med J

Literature and specialists

Group discussion and literature

Nilashi et al. [84]

Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang.

Literature

Literature

Rebolledo et al. [59]

J. Environ. Manage.

Literature

Literature

Shafii et al. [85]

Osong Public Heal. Res. Perspect.

Literature

Literature

Wagner et al. [41]

PharmacoEconomics

Decision-makers

Literature

Wang et al. [54]

Comput. Ind. Eng.

Group discussion and decision-makers

Literature and specialists

Carnero and Gómez [28]

Sustain.

Literature

Group discussion

Hancerliogullari et al. [86]

BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak.

Decision-makers

Specialists

Hillerman et al. [87]

J. Comput. Sci.

Group discussion and literature

Literature

Hillerman et al. [87]

J. Comput. Sci.

Group discussion and literature

Literature

Wagner et al. [60]

BMC Cancer

Literature

Literature