Table 3. Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist for economic evaluations.

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JBI—Critical Appraisal Checklist for Economic Evaluations	Huang et al. [23]	Lin et al. [24]	Gomez Rossi et al. [25]	Fuller et al. [26]	Srisubat et al. [27]
Is there a well-defined question?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Is there a comprehensive description of alternatives?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Are all important and relevant costs and outcomes for each alternative identified?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Has clinical effectiveness been established?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Are costs and outcomes measured accurately?	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Yes
Are costs and outcomes valued credibly?	Unclear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Are costs and outcomes adjusted for differential timing?	No	No	Unclear	Yes	No
Is there an incremental analysis of costs and consequences?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were sensitivity analyses conducted to investigate uncertainty in estimates of cost or consequences?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Do study results include all issues of concern to users?	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear
Are the results generalizable to the setting of interest in review?	Unclear	Yes	Unclear	No	Yes
Overall Rating	Moderate risk	Low risk	Moderate risk	Low risk	Low risk