Objective To investigate if published studies tend to report favourable cost effectiveness
ratios (below 20000, 50 000, and 100000perqualityadjustedlifeyear(QALY)gained)andevaluatestudycharacteristicsassociated …

ABSTRACT Purpose: Cost‐utility analyses (CUAs) have become increasingly popular,
although questions persist about their comparability and credibility. Our objectives were to …

Objective To assess the association between different types of organisation and the results
from economic evaluations. Design Retrospective pairwise comparison of evidence …

Economic evaluations of health interventions pose a particular challenge for reporting.
There is also a need to consolidate and update existing guidelines and promote their use in …

Objective To review critically the statistical methods used for health economic evaluations in
randomised controlled trials where an estimate of cost is available for each patient in the …

Purpose: Cost-utility analysis is a type of cost-effectiveness analysis in which health effects
are measured in terms of quality-adjusted life-years [QALYs] gained. Such analyses have …

Objectives The impact of economic evaluation studies on health‐care decision makers has
been shown to be rather limited. However, there is an increasing requirement for the cost …

Systematic reviews of studies of effectiveness are the centrepiece of evidence‐based
medicine and policy making. Increasingly, systematic reviews of economic evaluations are …

Introduction Calculating the cost per disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted
associated with interventions is an increasing popular means of assessing the cost …

Who could resist implementing the results of a study showing that using alteplase (tPA;
tissue plasminogen activator) rather than streptokinase in treatment of acute myocardial …