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. 2020 Sep 7;12:481–497. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S259338

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Notes: The 2529 records excluded prior to title/abstract review were eliminated electronically by identifying duplicate citations (eg, records with duplicate identifiers or citation data fields) and publications indexed for excluded types of publications (eg, randomized controlled trials, case reports). The step “articles retrieved from other sources” refers to papers identified from bibliographic review and other known, relevant research papers.

Abbreviations: BOI, burden of illness; NHS EED, National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.