Pascale Guerre, Nermine Laaboub, Cyrille Colin, Jean-François Obadia, Christell Julien, Abdelbaste Hrifach, Hugo Rabier, Hassan Serrier, Daniel Grinberg
OBJECTIVES: Cardiac surgery has seen substantial scientific progress over recent decades. Health economic evaluations have become important tools for decision makers to prioritize scarce health resources. The present study aimed to identify and critically appraise the reporting quality of health economic evaluations conducted in the field of cardiac surgery. METHODS: A literature search was performed to identify health economic evaluations in cardiac surgery. The consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement was used to assess the quality of reporting of studies...
February 12, 2019: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care