Figure 2: Health Technology Assessments Found Through Database Search and Hand-Searching (2003–2014)^a.

^aNine health technology assessments were found: Medical Advisory Secretariat (MAS), 2003 (Health Quality Ontario (32)); Institute of Health Economics (IHE), 2003 (Guo et al (39)); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2004 (Piper et al (37)); Hayes Inc, 2004 (36); ECRI Institute, 2005 (35); IHE, 2008 (Guo et al (38)); IHE, 2013 (41); McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), 2014 (Xie et al (42)); Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), 2014. (43) The three most recent were found through hand-searching. The 2013 IHE health technology assessment was chosen for inclusion because of its high quality and relevant population and outcomes.

^bPrevious versions (2003 and 2008) of the most recent 2013 IHE report.

^cFull-text articles could not be obtained.