Table 4 Quality evaluation by Drummond checklist

Drummond Checklist/Study Authors

Was a Well-Defined Question Posed in an Answerable Form?

Was a Comprehensive Description of

the Competing Alternatives Given?

Was the Effectiveness of the Program Established?

Were All the Important and Relevant

Costs and Consequences for Each

Alternative Identified?

Were Costs and Consequences

Measured Accurately in Appropriate

Physical Units?

Were Costs and Consequences Valued

Credibly?

Were Costs and Consequences

Adjusted for Differential Timing?

Was an Incremental Analysis of Costs

and Consequences of Alternatives

Performed?

Was Allowance Made for Uncertainty

in the Estimates of Costs and

Consequences?

Did the Presentation and Discussion

of Study Results Include All Issues of

Concern to Users?

Total