Table 3.

Assumptions reported in economic evaluations.

Studies	Trial-Based Evaluations			Model-Based Evaluations
	CEA			CEA & CUA		CUA
Assumption	Ball et al. [25]	Ladapo et al. [29]	Le et al. [26]	Gormaker et al. [31]	Allen et al. [30]	Cobiac et al. [32]	Magnus et al. 2016 [28]	Magnus et al. 2018 [27]
Sales data assumed to correspond to consumption	NA	No	NA	Yes	No	No	No	No
Compensatory behaviours within intervention setting	No	No	YE	Yes	No	No	Yes	YE
Compensatory behaviours in non-intervention settings	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	YE	YE
Lag period between intervention implementation and intervention effects	NA	NA	NA	YE	No	No	No	No
Translation of intermediate intervention effects to long-term health outcomes	NA	NA	NA	No	YE	YE	YE	YE
Rate of decay of intervention effects	NA	NA	NA	YE	No	YE	Yes	YE

Notes: NA not applicable; No: assumption was not reported; Yes: some assumptions were reported; YE: assumptions were supported by evidence; CEA: cost-effectiveness analysis; CUA: cost-utility analysis.