Development and validation of paired MEDLINE and Embase search filters for cost-utility studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Search filters are standardised sets of search terms, with validated performance, that are designed to retrieve studies with specific characteristics. A cost-utility analysis (CUA) is the preferred type of economic evaluation to underpin decision-making at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Until now, when searching for economic evidence for NICE guidelines, we have used a broad set of health economic-related search terms, even when the reviewer's interest is confined to CUAs alone.

Methods

We developed search filters to retrieve CUAs from MEDLINE and Embase. Our aim was to achieve recall of 90% or better across both databases while reducing the overall yield compared with our existing broad economic filter. We used the relative recall m

SUBMITTER: Hubbard W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature