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Quality Assessment of Reporting of Economic Evaluation in Cardiac Sugery: Has it Improved?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

Pascale Guerre ,
Nermine Laaboub ,
Cyrille Colin ,
Jean-François Obadia ,
Christell Julien ,
Abdelbaste Hrifach ,
Hugo Rabier Open the ORCID record for Hugo Rabier [Opens in a new window] ,
Hassan Serrier Open the ORCID record for Hassan Serrier [Opens in a new window]  and
Daniel Grinberg
Pascale Guerre*
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Cellule Innovation, Département de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation
Nermine Laaboub
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé
Cyrille Colin
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé
Jean-François Obadia
Affiliation:
Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard
Christell Julien
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé
Abdelbaste Hrifach
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé
Hugo Rabier
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé
Hassan Serrier
Affiliation:
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Evaluation Economique en Santé; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Cellule Innovation, Département de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation
Daniel Grinberg
Affiliation:
Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard
*
Author for correspondence: Pascale Guerre, E-mail: pascale.guerre@chu-lyon.fr
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Abstract

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.

Results

A total 4,705 articles published between 1981 and 2016 were identified; sixty-nine studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There was a trend toward a greater number of publications and reporting quality over time. Six (8.7 percent) studies were conducted between 1981 and 1990, nine (13 percent) between 1991 and 2000, twenty-four (34.8 percent) between 2001 and 2010, and thirty (43.5 percent) after 2011. The mean CHEERS score of all articles was 16.7/24; for those published between 1980 and 1990 the mean (SD) score was 10.2 (±1.4), for those published between 1991 and 2000 it was 11.2 (±2.4), between 2001 and 2010 it was 15.3 (±4.8), and after 2011 it was 19.9 (±2.9). The quality of reporting was still insufficient for several studies after 2000, especially concerning items “characterizing heterogeneity,” “assumptions,” and “choice of model.”

Conclusions

The present study suggests that, even if the quantity and the quality of health economics evaluation in cardiac surgery has increased, there remains a need for improvement in several reporting criteria to ensure greater transparency.

Keywords

Economic evaluationQuality assessmentCardiac surgery procedures
Type
Assessment
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , 2019 , pp. 45 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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