Table 2.

Checklist of best practice in economic evaluation studies.

	Rose	Salpeter	Jasmer	Diel	Holland	Fitzgerald	Tan	Ziakas
(1) Was a well-defined question posed in answerable form?	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	1	1
(2) Was a comprehensive description of the competing alternatives given?	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
(3) Was the effectiveness of the programme or services established?	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
(4) Were all the important and relevant costs and consequences for each alternative identified?	0.5	0.5	0.5	1	1	0.5	1	0.5
(5) Were costs and consequences measured accurately in appropriate physical units?	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.5
(6) Were the costs and consequences valued credibly?	1	1	0.5	1	1	0.5	1	1
(7) Were costs and consequences adjusted for differential timing?	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	1	0.5
(8) Was an incremental analysis of costs and consequences of alternatives performed?	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
(9) Was allowance made for uncertainty in the estimates of costs and consequences?	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
(10) Did the presentation and discussion of results include all issues of concern to users?	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	9	9	9	9.5	9.5	6.5	9.5	8