Review Article
A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Chemoprophylaxis for Tuberculosis
Table 2
Checklist of best practice in economic evaluation studies.
| | Rose | Salpeter | Jasmer | Diel | Holland | Fitzgerald | Tan | Ziakas |
| (1) Was a well-defined question posed in answerable form? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | (2) Was a comprehensive description of the competing alternatives given? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) Was the effectiveness of the programme or services established? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (4) Were all the important and relevant costs and consequences for each alternative identified? | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | (5) Were costs and consequences measured accurately in appropriate physical units? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | (6) Were the costs and consequences valued credibly? | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | (7) Were costs and consequences adjusted for differential timing? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | (8) Was an incremental analysis of costs and consequences of alternatives performed? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (9) Was allowance made for uncertainty in the estimates of costs and consequences? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (10) Did the presentation and discussion of results include all issues of concern to users? | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 8 |
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