Table 3 Items on data collection form for included articles

1.

Author

2.

Year of publication

3.

Journal name

4.

Research topic and study questions

5.

Disease category: disease name, disease classification based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) chapters (for example, infectious and parasitic diseases, neoplasms, diseases of the circulatory system, and so on)

6.

Study intervention(s)

7.

Comparator intervention(s)

8.

Study population/patient characteristics: age, gender, race/ethnicity, inclusion of vulnerable population, and so on

9.

Study setting

10.

Country/jurisdiction

11.

Sample size

12.

Year(s) of study

13.

Study perspective: societal, healthcare system, hospital, healthcare program, and so on

14.

Time horizon

15.

Discounting

16.

Price year

17.

Inflation adjustment

18.

Currency

19.

Currency conversion

20.

Type of economic analysis: cost effectiveness analysis, cost utility analysis, cost benefit analysis, cost minimization analysis, cost comparison analysis, cost outcome description, cost of illness study, and so on

21.

Study type and design: randomized clinical trial, observational study, decision analytic modeling, other economic modeling, and so on

22.

Economic outcome(s)

23.

Health outcome(s)

24.

Methods used to define effectiveness and preferences

25.

Cost components included: personnel costs, consumables/materials/supplies cost, medication cost, facility cost, transportation cost, productivity loss, and so on

26.

Separate reporting of input utilization quantity and unit cost data

27.

Method of quantity data collection: time-motion study, patient self-report, cost-accounting database, provider/staff interview, and so on

28.

Method of unit cost data collection: invoice amount, hospital/clinic/provider price catalogue, national/regional/provincial/hospital/insurer fee schedule, human resources/payroll record, and so on

29.

Study assumption(s)

30.

Sensitivity analyses performed: stochastic (probabilistic) sensitivity analysis, deterministic sensitivity analysis, or no sensitivity analysis

31.

Whether the study referred to its own methodology as micro-costing

32.

Comparison with other economic evaluation

33.

Funding source: industry sponsored study, non-profit funding sources, no funding, or not specified

34.

Conflict of interest: yes, no, or not reported

35.

Notes (please record any additional features of the study that deserve consideration when evaluating its quality)