Quality assessment of economic analyses in pediatric urology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe and evaluate economic analyses or economic evaluations in pediatric urologic literature, including study types such as cost-effectiveness analysis, which are increasingly common in the medical literature.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature review of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases (1990-2011) to identify economic analyses of pediatric urologic topics. Studies were evaluated using published quality metrics. We examined the analysis type, data sources, perspective, methodology, sensitivity analyses, and the reporting of methods, results, limitations, and conclusions.

Results

We identified 2945 nonduplicated studies, 60 of which met inclusion criteria. Economic analyses of pediatric urologic topics increased in number during th

SUBMITTER: Kokorowski PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3594685 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature