A framework for assessing Health Economic Evaluation (HEE) quality appraisal instruments

Table 5 Application of the quality assessment framework to the four selected HEE quality appraisal instruments

Dimension	Item	QHES instrument[21]	BMJ guidelines[22]	CHEC list[23]	Philips guidelines[24]
A. Purpose and scope	A1	YES	YES	YES	YES
	A2	YES	YES	YES	YES
	A3	YES	YES	YES	YES
	A4	YES	YES	YES	YES
	A5	YES	YES	YES	YES
B. Stakeholder involvement	B1	NO	NO	NO	NO
	B2	YES	YES	NO	YES
	B3	YES	YES	YES	YES
C. Rigor of development process/validity	C1	YES	PARTIALLY	YES	YES
	C2	YES	NO	YES	YES
	C3	YES	NO	YES	YES
	C4	YES	NO	NO	YES
	C5	YES	NO	YES	YES
	C6	YES	NO	YES	YES
	C7	NO	NO	NO	NO
	C8
	C8a	NO	NO	NO	NO
	C8b	NO	NO	NO	NO
	C8c	YES	NO	NO	NO
D. Reliability/reproducibility	D1	YES	NO	YES	YES
	D2	NO	YES	NO	YES
	D3	YES	NO	NO	NO
	D4
	D4a	NO	NO	NO	NO
	D4b	NO	NO	NO	NO
	D4c	NO	NO	NO	NO
	D4d	NO	NO	NO	NO
E. Clarity of presentation	E1	NO	YES	YES	NO
	E2	YES	YES	YES	NO
	E3	NO	NO	NO	NO
	E4	YES	NO	NO	NO
F. Applicability	F1	YES	YES	YES	YES
	F2	NO	YES	YES	YES
	F3	YES	YES	YES	YES
	F4	YES	NO	NO	NO
	F5	YES	NO	YES	YES
G. Evaluation	G1	NO	YES	YES	YES
	G2	NO	NO	NO	NO

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