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Table 5 Quality appraisal: CHEERS checklist (intervention and surveillance models)

From: Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review of model-based analyses

 

Intervention

Surveillance

CHEERS criteriaa

Cure, 2015a [28]

Cure, 2015b [28]

Linas, 2015 [37]

Liu, 2014 [39]

Najfzadeh, 2015

Pfeil, 2015 [44]

Saab, 2014 [46]

San Miguel, 2015 [47]

Canavan, 2013 [56]

Crossan, 2015b [54]

Liu, 2011 [57]

Q1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q2

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q3

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q4

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q5

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q11a

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Q11b

No

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Unclear

Q12

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q13a

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Q13b

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q14

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q15

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q16

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q17

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q18

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q19

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q20

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Q21

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q22

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q23

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Q24

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Abbreviations: incl. Including, NA not applicable
  2. Notes: Studies rated unclear due to reporting omissions (incl. Where detail not reported); aCHEERS checklist criteria>#, Q1 Identify the study as an economic evaluation, Q2 Structured summary, Q3 Provide an explicit statement of the broader context for the study, Q4 Base-case population and subgroups analyzed, Q5 State relevant aspects of the system(s) in which the decision(s) need(s) to be made, Q6 Study perspective, Q7 Interventions or strategies being compared, Q8 Time horizon(s), Q9 Discount rate(s) for costs and outcomes, Q10 Outcomes measured, Q11a Single study–based estimate(s), Q11b Synthesis-based estimate(s), Q12 Population and methods used to elicit preferences for outcomes, Q13a Single study–based economic evaluation: estimation of resource use, Q13b, Model-based economic evaluation: estimation of resource use, Q14 Dates of the estimated resource quantities and unit costs, Q15 Type of decision-analytic model used, Q16 Structural or other assumptions underpinning the decision-analytic model, Q17, Analytic methods supporting the evaluation, Q18 Report the values, ranges, references, and if used, probability distributions for all parameters, Q19 Mean values for the main categories of estimated costs and outcomes of interest, as well as mean differences between the comparator groups (ICER where applicable), Q20, Single study–based economic evaluation: Effects of sampling uncertainty for estimated incremental cost, incremental effectiveness, and incremental cost-effectiveness, together with the impact of methodological assumptions (such as discount rate, study perspective), Q21 Report differences in results that can be explained by variations between subgroups, Q22 Summarize key study findings and describe how they support the conclusions reached. Limitations and generalizability of the findings; Q23, Source of funding; Q24, Conflict of interest; bModel also reported in Tsochatzis et al., 2014 [55]
  3. Sources: Intervention models included in analysis: Cure 2015a [28], Cure 2015b [29], Linas, 2015 [37], Liu 2014 [39], Najafzadeh 2015 [41], San Miguel 2015 [47], Saab 2014 [46]. Surveillance models: Canavan 2013 [56], Crossan 2015 [54], Liu 2011 [57]; Tsochatzis 2014 [55]
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