An overview of the characteristics and quality assessment criteria in systematic review of pharmacoeconomics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The systematic review of economic evaluations plays a critical role in making well-informed decisions about competing healthcare interventions. The quality of these systematic reviews varies due to the lack of internationally recognized methodological evaluation standards.

Methods

Nine English and Chinese databases including the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMbase (Ovid), NHS economic evaluation database (NHSEED) (Ovid), Health Technology Assessment (HTA) database, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WangFang, VIP Chinese Science & Technology Periodicals (VIP) and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched. Two reviewers independently screened studies and extracted data. The methodological quality of the literature was measured with modi

SUBMITTER: Min C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870091 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature