Table 5.

Quality assessment of trial-based economic evaluations according to the CHEC-list (Evers et al., 2005).

Item of quality assessment	Psychotherapy					Integrated Care			Partial EEs					Studies that fulfilled criterion (%)
	Morland et al. (2013)	Le et al. (2014)	Slade et al. (2017)	Shearer et al. (2018)	Aas et al. (2019)	Domino et al. (2005)	Painter et al. (2017)	Chang et al. (2018)	Fontana & Rosenheck (1997)	McCrone et al. (2005)	Gilbert (2009)	Wood et al. (2009)	Greer et al. (2014)
Clearly described study population	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Clearly described competing alternatives	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	85
Well-defined research question	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Appropriate economic study design	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	−	−	−	−	62
Appropriate time horizon	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	85
Appropriate perspective	−	✓	−	−	✓	−	−	✓	−	−	✓	−	−	31
Important and relevant costs identified	−	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	−	−	−	✓	−	−	46
Costs measured appropriately	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	−	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	69
Costs valued appropriately	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	−	−	✓	✓	✓	−	−	62
Important and relevant outcomes identified	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	85
Outcomes measured appropriately	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	85
Outcomes valued appropriately	−	✓	✓	−	✓	−	✓	−	−	−	−	−	−	31
Incremental analysis performed	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	−	−	−	−	−	54
Costs and outcomes discounted appropriately	−	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	−	✓	69
Appropriate sensitivity analysis	−	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	31
Conclusion follow the data reported	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	−	−	77
Study discusses the generalizability	−	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	✓	−	−	−	✓	−	54
Article indicates no potential conflict of interest	✓	✓	✓	✓	−	✓	✓	−	−	✓	−	✓	✓	69
Ethical and distributional issues discussed appropriately	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	0
Items fulfilled (%)	47	95	89	74	74	79	74	47	53	53	63	37	37	62

[✓] Item was fulfilled without any limitation, [−] item was not fulfilled.

CHEC: Consensus on Health Economic Criteria, EE: economic evaluation.