title: How to prepare a systematic review of economic evaluations for informing evidence-based healthcare decisions: data extraction, risk of bias, and transferability (part 3/3).
abstract: This article is part of the series "How to Prepare a Systematic Review (SR) of Economic Evaluations (EE) for Informing Evidence-based Healthcare Decisions" in which a five-step-approach for conducting a SR of EE is proposed. Areas covered: This paper explains the data extraction process, the risk of bias assessment and the transferability of EEs by means of a narrative review and expert opinion. SRs play a critical role in determining the comparative cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions. It is important to determine the risk of bias and the transferability of an EE. Expert commentary: Over the past decade, several criteria lists have been developed. This article aims to provide recommendations on these criteria lists based on the thoroughness of development, feasibility, overall quality, recommendations of leading organizations, and widespread use.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.|b Department of Research and Development , Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe , Heeze , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bfm
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wijnen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gapg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Mastrigt
authors.affiliation: c Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute for Medical Technology Assessment , Erasmus University Rotterdam , Rotterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Redekop
authors.affiliation: b Department of Research and Development , Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe , Heeze , The Netherlands.|d Department of Neurology, Academic Centre for Epileptology , Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe and Maastricht University Medical Centre , Maastricht , The Netherlands.|f School of Mental Health and Neuroscience , Maastricht University Medical Center , Maastricht , The Netherlands.|g School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hjm
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Majoie
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Kinderen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.|e Department for Economic Evaluations , Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction , Utrecht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Smaa
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authors.lastname: Evers
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
keywords: Systematic reviews; clinical practice guidelines; data-extraction; economic evaluations; quality appraisal; risk of bias