Volume 13, Number 6—June 2007
Perspective
Economic Evaluation and Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections
Kate Halton*†
and Nicholas Graves*†
and Nicholas Graves*†Table 4
Assessment of published evaluations and good practice criteria for decision models
| Attributes of good practice criteria | No. models meeting criterion, n = 8 |
|---|---|
| Structure | |
| Perspective specified | 8 |
| Description of strategies/comparators | 8 |
| Diagram of model/disease pathways | 6 |
| Development of model structure and assumptions discussed | 4 |
| Data | |
| Table of model input parameters presented | 5 |
| Source of parameters clearly stated | 8 |
| Model parameters expressed as distributions | 3 |
| Model assumptions discussed | 7 |
| Sensitivity analysis performed | 8 |
| Key drivers/influential parameters identified | 6 |
| Consistency | |
| Statement about test of internal consistency undertaken | 1 |
