Quality Appraisal of the Pharmacoeconomic Research Literature about Antivirals: A Comparison between Chinese Medicine and Non-Chinese Medicine

Table 1

Comparison of item content between QHES and CHEERS.

Item content	QHES	CHEERS
Title and abstract		√
Epidemiological information		√
Target population		√
Time horizon	√	√
Objectives	√	√
Assumptions		√
Perspective	√	√
Comparators		√
Choice of model	√	√
Discount	√	√
Data processing and analysis methods		√
Data source	√	√
Definition and calculation of costs	√	√
Definition and calculation of outcomes	√
Incremental costs and outcomes	√	√
Sensitivity analysis	√	√
Heterogeneity analysis		√
Results	√	√
Funding sources or stakeholder group	√	√
Discussion of limitations	√	√