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. 2020 Aug 7;17(16):5723. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165723

Table 6.

Methodological quality of the economic evaluation studies.

All Studies Azmi et al. [33] Mustapha et al. [31] Ismail et al. [32] Lim et al. [30] Zhang et al. [37] Fiebert et al. [36]
Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No
1. Was a clear definition of the illness given? 12 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2. Were epidemiological sources carefully described? 10 0 2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
3. Were costs sufficiently disaggregated? 6 3 3 Yes Yes No No No Yes
4. Were activity data appropriately assessed? 7 2 3 Yes Yes P Yes P No
5. Were the sources of all cost values analytically described? 6 4 2 Yes P Yes P P Yes
6. Were unit costs appropriately valued? 12 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
7. Were the methods adopted carefully explained? 9 3 0 Yes Yes Yes P Yes P
8. Were costs discounted? 4 0 8 No No No No No No
9. Were the major assumptions tested in a sensitivity analysis? 4 0 8 No Yes No No No No
10. Was the presentation of study results consistent with the methodology of the study? 10 2 0 Yes Yes Yes P Yes Yes
11. Total score by study * 80 14 26 8 0 2 8 1 1 6 1 3 3 3 4 5 2 3 6 1 3
Al-Haddad et al. [29] Amin et al. [27] Ezat et al. [28] Annemans et al. [35] Rohana et al. [26] Seng et al. [34]
Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P No
1. Was a clear definition of the illness given? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2. Were epidemiological sources carefully described? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
3. Were costs sufficiently disaggregated? Yes P Yes P Yes P
4. Were activity data appropriately assessed? Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
5. Were the sources of all cost values analytically described? Yes No Yes P Yes No
6. Were unit costs appropriately valued? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
7. Were the methods adopted carefully explained? Yes P Yes Yes Yes Yes
8. Were costs discounted? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
9. Were the major assumptions tested in a sensitivity analysis? Yes No No Yes Yes No
10. Was the presentation of study results consistent with the methodology of the study? Yes P Yes Yes Yes Yes
11. Total score by study * 9 0 1 4 3 3 7 0 3 8 2 0 10 0 0 6 1 3

* Total score by study was the sum of all answers: partially (P), yes (1), no (0).