Table 2.

Criteria used for inclusion and exclusion of the studies in the review

Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria for title and abstract	Inclusion criteria for full text
Is a health intervention aided by the MCDA.	The MCDA is structured according to the steps proposed by Diaby and Goeree (2014); Provide the necessary information for analysis of general data and methodological steps.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria for title and abstract	Full text exclusion criteria
Does not present abstract; Does not present the full text available; Be a review article; Does not be an MCDA application and / nor Does; Not be MCDA application in the health area.	Be an MCDA application, however: Does not follow the steps outlined above; Does not make clear the structuring of the problem; Does not make clear the criteria and their origin; Does not present decision matrix; Does not present the quantitative weighting of the criteria; Presents a purely mathematical model.