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Table 2 Ovid Embase versions of the three candidate search filters

From: Development and validation of paired MEDLINE and Embase search filters for cost-utility studies

Sensitive Filtera

Precise Filter

Free-Text only Filter

1 cost utility analysis/

1 cost utility analysis/

1 (cost* and ((qualit* adj2 adjust* adj2 life*) or qaly*)).tw.

2 quality adjusted life year/

2 (cost* and ((qualit* adj2 adjust* adj2 life*) or qaly*)).tw.

2 ((incremental* adj2 cost*) or ICER).tw.

3 cost*.ti.

3 ((incremental* adj2 cost*) or ICER).tw.

3 (cost adj2 utilit*).tw.

4 (cost* adj2 utilit*).tw.

4 (cost adj2 utilit*).tw.

4 (cost* and ((net adj benefit*) or (net adj monetary adj benefit*) or (net adj health adj benefit*))).tw.

5 (cost* adj2 (effective* or assess* or evaluat* or analys* or model* or benefit* or threshold* or quality or expens* or saving* or reduc*)).tw.

5 (cost* and ((net adj benefit*) or (net adj monetary adj benefit*) or (net adj health adj benefit*))).tw.

5 ((cost adj2 effect*) and (quality adj of adj life)).tw.

6 (economic* adj2 (evaluat* or assess* or analys* or model* or outcome* or benefit* or threshold* or expens* or saving* or reduc*)).tw.

6 ((cost adj2 effect*) and (quality adj of adj life)).tw.

6 (cost and (effect* or utilit*)).ti.

7 (qualit* adj2 adjust* adj2 life*).tw.

7 (cost and (effect* or utilit*)).ti.

7 or/1–6

8 QALY*.tw.

8 or/1–7

 

9 (incremental* adj2 cost*).tw.

  

10 ICER.tw.

  

11 utilities.tw.

  

12 markov*.tw.

  

13 (dollar* or USD or cents or pound or pounds or GBP or sterling* or pence or euro or euros or yen or JPY).tw.

  

14 ((utility or effective*) adj2 analys*).tw.

  

15 (willing* adj2 pay*).tw.

  

16 (Eq. 5D* or EQ-5D*).tw.

  

17 ((euroqol or euro-qol or euroquol or euro-quol or eurocol or euro-col) adj3 (“5” or five)).tw.

  

18 (european* adj2 quality adj3 (“5” or five)).tw.

  

19 or/1–18

  
  1. aFor other forms of CUA (e.g. cost-per-DALY CUA), a supplement of the strategies with explicitly targeted terms is recommended.