Table 3. Quality appraisal of included studies: time-series analyses.
Time-Series Analysis | Study (First Author Name) | Prospective Design | Control Group | Confounders Controlled | Selection Bias Minimized | Appropriate Statistical Measures |
Econometric | Ching [78] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Venkataraman [40] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Windmeijer [41] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Chintagunta [42] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Narayanan [43] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Donohue [44] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Mizik [45] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Manchanda [46] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Manchanda and Chintagunta [47] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Berndt [48] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rosenthal [79] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Azoulay [49] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rizzo [50] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Hurwitz [51] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Mackowiak [52] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Leffler [53] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Telser [54] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Other | Spurling [55] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Stafford [56] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |
Charbit [34] | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
Auvray [57] | No | No | No | No | No | |
Cleary [26] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Soumerai [58] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |