An aggregation of instruments for critical assessments of economic evaluations

Objective: Due to an increasing number of economic evaluations, critical assessments are gaining in importance. To date, the available assessment tools possess different focuses, making their results difficult to compare. After identifying and comparing the currently applied tools, we present an aggregated checklist which can be used as a guideline by both authors and reviewers of economic evaluations.

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