Defining the clinician’s role in early health technology assessment during medical device innovation – a systematic review

Table 1 NICE qualitative appraisal checklist ratings for studies included in review

NICE Qualitative Assessment Tool	Number of studies	Percentage of all studies (%)	Studies
++	12	36.4	[11, 22, 29, 32, 40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47]
+	13	39.4	[27, 48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]
–	8	24.2	[60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67]

++ − all or most of the checklist criteria have been fulfilled and the conclusions of the study are unlikely to be altered by those criteria that have not been fulfilled, + some of the checklist criteria have been fulfilled and where they have not, the conclusions of the study are unlikely to be altered, − few or none of the criteria checklist have been fulfilled and the conclusions are very likely to be altered

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