Good reporting standards assist developers and users in critically appraising studies and improving the reproducibility of published results.

The development of value sets for multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs) has proliferated in recent years, with many countries seeking to support local reimbursement decision making with their own societal preference-based valuation studies.

Guidance is lacking on the key components that should be reported in a valuation study.

This study describes the key elements that should be reported for valuation studies of MAUIs—the Checklist for REporting VAluaTion StudiEs (CREATE).