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Table 4 Assessment criteria

From: Assessing transferability in systematic reviews of health economic evaluations – a review of methodological guidance

Domain

Items

ACE [17]

EUnetHTA [18]

GÖG/LBI [19]

HIQA [20]

HQA [21] (Applic-ability)

HQA [21] (Generalis-ability)

NICE [22]

SBU [23]

Population

Population (in general)

x

   

x

 

x

 

Demographics

 

x

x

x

 

x

  

Risk factors

 

x

      

Life expectancy

 

x

x

     

Compliance

 

x

x

     

Ethnicity

   

x

    

Epidemiology

 

x

x

x

 

x

  

Stage/severity of disease

 

x

      

Case mix

 

x

x

     

Variation in health state values

 

x

x

x

 

x

  

Intervention

Intervention (in general)

x

   

x

 

x

 

Extent and type of care

       

x

Comparator

Comparator (in general)

x

       

Outcome

Health state preferences (e.g. in terms of QALYs)

   

x

x

 

x

 

Appropriateness of measures

    

x

 

x

 

Source of estimates of treatment effects

    

x

   

Health system

Health system (in general)

x

x

  

x

 

x

 

Availability of health technologies

  

x

     

Available treatment options

 

x

      

Incentives for healthcare professionals or institutions

   

x

 

x

  

Resource availability

x

  

x

 

x

  

Clinical practice

Clinical practice (in general)

x

 

x

x

 

x

  

Clinical guidelines

   

x

    

Care pathways

   

x

    

Treatment practice

   

x

    

Range of treatment

   

x

    

Provider characteristics

 

x

      

Provision of health services by different professional groups

  

x

    

x

Organisation of prescribing

  

x

     

Costs

Completeness of cost data

x

       

Unit prices/costs

 

x

     

x

Absolut and relative prices/costs

  

x

     

Medical costing approach

  

x

     

Relative prices/costs

   

x

 

x

  

Value of various cost elements

   

x

    

Methodo-logical aspects

Perspective

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

Discount rate

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

Modelling approach

   

x

    

Assuming effects to be equal

       

x

Extrapolation

   

x

    

Other

Clinical effectiveness data

   

x