Dijk Stijntje W, Essafi Skander, Hunink Myriam G M
Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, HagaZiekenhuis, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Value Health. 2025 Feb;28(2):250-259. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.10.3853. Epub 2024 Nov 26.
Quality assessment tools serve an important role in evaluating economic evaluations. This article showcases the first application of the Checklist for Health Economic Quality Evaluations (CHEQUE) tool in a systematic review setting and offers descriptive reflections on its use.
We applied CHEQUE to 21 diverse economic evaluations in a systematic review of medical education. We visualized weighted CHEQUE scores, calculate correlations between methods and reporting sections, and provided all data and R code for reuse in future applications. Finally, we provided a detailed overview of our judgments and alternative considerations of the checklist items, and suggestions for further development.
Scores ranged from 18% to 94% depending on the applied weighting method, with a positive correlation between the method and reporting quality. CHEQUE enables systematic and standardized assessment but may benefit from refinement in scoring clarity and burden reduction.
Our study provides insights for future guidance on applying and developing CHEQUE or similar tools in economic evaluation quality assessment.
质量评估工具在评估经济评价中发挥着重要作用。本文展示了健康经济质量评估清单（CHEQUE）工具在系统评价中的首次应用，并对其使用情况进行了描述性反思。
在一项医学教育系统评价中，我们将CHEQUE应用于21项不同的经济评价。我们对加权后的CHEQUE分数进行了可视化处理，计算了方法与报告部分之间的相关性，并提供了所有数据和R代码以供未来应用重复使用。最后，我们详细概述了我们对清单项目的判断和其他考虑因素，以及进一步开发的建议。
根据所应用的加权方法，分数范围为18%至94%，方法与报告质量之间呈正相关。CHEQUE能够进行系统和标准化的评估，但在评分清晰度和减轻负担方面可能需要改进。
我们的研究为未来在经济评价质量评估中应用和开发CHEQUE或类似工具提供了指导见解。
