A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment of Pharmacoeconomic Publications for China Compared to Internationally: Is the Quality of Evidence-Base Sufficient for Health Technology Assessment?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacoeconomic evaluations are becoming more important in China, and their research quality directly impacts government decisions, deserving extra attention. To summarize the quality of pharmacoeconomic publications for China compared to internationally and to identify areas for improvement both from a China-specific and international perspective.

Methods

First, we conducted a systematic review of pharmacoeconomic publications for China, with subsequent reporting quality assessment based on the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) checklist. Second, we conducted an umbrella review of pharmacoeconomic publications internationally which used a similar quality assessment. We extracted the CHEERS checklist scores for each study and co

SUBMITTER: Fan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12257205 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature