Table 3 Quality assessment of included economic evaluations
| Â | Target Population/ Subgroups | Setting/Location | Study Perspective | Comparators | Time Horizon | Choice of Health Outcomes | Measure of Effectiveness | Measurement & Validation of Preference-based outcomes | Estimating Resources and Costs | Currency, price, Date and Conversion | Choice of Model | Characterising Uncertainty | Characterising Heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jolly et al. (2007) [11] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | Y | Y | Y | N/A | O | N |
Yu et al. (2004) [19] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | Y | O | O | N/A | N | N |
Papadakis et al. (2007) [2] | Y | O | Y | Y | O | Y | Y | O | Y | Y | N/A | Y | Y |
Spronk et al. (2008) [20] | Y | O | Y | Y | O | O | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | Y | N |
Briffa et al. (2005) [12] | Y | Y | Y | O | O | O | Y | Y | Y | Y | N/A | O | N |
Hall et al. (2002) [15] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | O | Y | N/A | O | N |
Taylor et al. (2007) [10] | O | Y | Y | Y | O | Y | Y | O | Y | Y | N/A | Y | N |
Dendale et al. (2008) [14] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | N | N |
Reid et al. (2005) [17] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | O | Y | N/A | N | N |
Southard et al. (2003) [9] | Y | O | Y | O | O | O | Y | N/A | O | O | N/A | N | N |
Huang et al. (2008) [21] | O | O | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | Y | O |
Carlson et al. (2000) [18] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | N | O | N/A | N | N |
Levin et al. (1991) [13] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | O | Y | N/A | Y | N |
Oldridge et al. (1993) [4] | Y | O | Y | O | O | O | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | Y | N |
Ades et al. (1997) [16] | Y | Y | Y | Y | O | O | Y | N/A | Y | Y | O | Y | N |