Table 6.
The number of trials for each type of economic assessment by the reported methodology
| Economic/ financial outcome reported as an outcome of interest? |
Economic/ financial assessment methodology reported? | Authors reported the type of economic assessment?1 | Partial Budget | Cost/Relative Cost-effectiveness | Enterprise analysis | Cost-benefit | Not enough info. | Break-even analysis | Profit-ability | Other | Total (%)2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | No | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 (38.1) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 23 (20.3) |
| Yes | No | Yes | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (14.2) |
| No | Yes | No | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 (9.7) |
| Yes | No | No | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (8.0) |
| No | Yes | Yes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (5.3) |
| No | No | Yes | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4.4) |
| No | No | No | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| Total (%)2 | 52 (46.0) | 25 (22.1) | 14 (12.4) | 8 (7.1) | 5 (4.4) | 3 (2.7) | 3 (2.7) | 3 (2.7) | 113 (100) | ||
If the type of economic assessment was not reported by the authors it was categorized by reviewers with content knowledge.
Percentages are out of the total number of trials 113.
Decision analysis and economic advantage
Gross margin analysis