A consensus-based checklist for the critical appraisal of cost-of-illness (COI) studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop a consensus-based checklist that can be used as a minimum standard to appraise the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistency of cost-of-illness (COI) studies. This is important when, for instance, reviewing and assessing COI studies as part of a systematic review or when building an economic model.

Methods

The development process of the consensus-based checklist involved six steps: (i) a scoping review, (ii) an assessment and comparison of the different checklists and their questions, (iii) the development of a (preliminary) checklist, (iv) expert interviews, (v) the finalization of the checklist, and (vi) the development of guidance statements explaining each question.

Results

The result was a consensus-based checklist for the critical app

SUBMITTER: Schnitzler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574538 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature