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A systematic review on reporting quality of economic evaluations for negotiated glucose-lowering drugs in China national reimbursement drug list

Authors :
Shi-Yi Bao
Liu Liu
Fu-Ming Li
Yi Yang
Yan Wei
Hui Shao
Jian Ming
Jun-Tao Yan
Ying-Yao Chen
Source :
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
BMC, 2024.

Abstract

Abstract Background This study aimed to examine the reporting quality of existing economic evaluations for negotiated glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs) included in China National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2013 (CHEERS 2013). Methods We performed a systematic literature research through 7 databases to identify published economic evaluations for GLDs included in the China NRDL up to March 2021. Reporting quality of identified studies was assessed by two independent reviewers based on the CHEERS checklist. The Kruskal–Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U test were performed to examine the association between reporting quality and characteristics of the identified studies. Results We have identified 24 studies, which evaluated six GLDs types. The average score rate of the included studies was 77.41% (SD:13.23%, Range 47.62%-91.67%). Among all the required reporting items, characterizing heterogeneity (score rate = 4.17%) was the least satisfied item. Among six parts of CHEERS, results part scored least at 0.55 (score rate = 54.79%) because of the incompleteness of characterizing uncertainty. Results from the Kruskal–Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U test showed that model choice, journal type, type of economic evaluations, and study perspective were associated with the reporting quality of the studies. Conclusions There remains room to improve the reporting quality of economic evaluations for GLDs in NRDL. Checklists such as CHEERS should be widely used to improve the reporting quality of economic researches in China.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14726963
Volume :
24
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
BMC Health Services Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2f196ba618df4c5fb66e492d5ef33391
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11001-3