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. 2020 Mar 6;20(6):1–109.

Table A10:

Assessment of the Applicability of Studies Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of 10-kHz High-Frequency SCS

Author, Year, Country of Publication Is the study population similar to the question? Are the interventions similar to the question? Is the health care system studied sufficiently similar to Ontario? Were the perspectives clearly stated? If yes, what were they? Are all direct effects included? Are all other effects included where they are material? Are all future costs and outcomes discounted? If yes, at what rate? Is the value of health effects expressed in terms of quality-adjusted life-years? Are costs and outcomes from other sectors fully and appropriately measured and valued? Overall Judgmenta
NICE, 201769 United Kingdom Partially Yes Partially Yes: NHS and PSS Partially Yes: 3.5% No NA Partially applicable
Annemans, 201459 United Kingdom Partially Yes Yes Yes: NHS Partially Yes: 3.5% Yes NA Partially applicable

Abbreviations: NHS, National Health Service; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PSS, Personal Social Services.

Note: Response options for all items were “yes,” “partially,” “no,” “unclear,” and “NA” (not applicable).

a

Overall judgment may be “directly applicable,” “partially applicable,” or “not applicable.”