Table 1.

Scoring system used to identify strengths and weaknesses in each section of the quality assessment

Section	Permissible score
Research question/perspective	0–2
Interventions(s)	0–6a
Costs	0–3
Outcomes	0–5b
Analysis	0–6a
Total	0–22c

^a5 for trial-based economic analysis and 6 for model-based economic analysis

^b0–2 for trial-based economic analysis not using a model, and 0–5 for all others

^c17 for trial-based economic analysis (no modeling), 20 for trial-based economic analysis (modeling included), and 22 for model-based economic analysis