Quality of Economic Abstracts in Oncology

item Frequency Percentage With scores ≥4.50 Type of cea No 0 0 Yes 216 100 Description of intervention No 1 0.5 Partial 1 0.5 Yes 214 99 Description of comparator No 13 6.0 Partial 83 38 Yes 120 56 With scores 4.00–4.49 Target population No 18 8.3 Yes 198 92 Time horizon No 114 53 Yes 102 47 Perspective No 81 38 Partial 4 1.9 Yes 131 61 How denominator was derived No 17 7.9 Yes 199 92 cea ratio No 0 0 Yes 216 100 Conclusion No 0 0 Yes 216 100 Currency No 18 8.3 Yes 198 92 With scores 3.50–3.99 Background No 7 3.2 Partial 100 46 Yes 109 50 Costs that were included No 63 29 Partial 103 48 Yes 50 23 Sensitivity analysis No 66 31 Yes 150 69 Study site No 10 4.6 Yes 206 95 Discounting No 113 52 Yes 103 48 cea = cost-effectiveness assessment. table v Factors associated with abstract quality scores Parameter Estimatea p Value Median quality scoreb