CHEERS 2022 checklist
| Topic | No. | Item | Location where the item is reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | 1 | Identify the study as an economic evaluation and specify the interventions being compared | Title page |
| Abstract | 2 | Provide a structured summary that highlights context, key methods, results, and alternative analyses | Page 1 |
| Introduction | |||
| Background and objectives | 3 | Give the context for the study, the study question, and its practical relevance for decision-making in policy or practice | Introduction, pages 1-2 |
| Methods | |||
| Health economic analysis plan | 4 | Indicate whether a health economic analysis plan was developed and where available | CHEERS, Appendix |
| Study population | 5 | Describe characteristics of the study population (such as age range, demographics, socioeconomic or clinical characteristics) | Methods page 3, Results page 5 |
| Setting and location | 6 | Provide relevant contextual information that may influence findings | Methods page 3 |
| Comparators | 7 | Describe the interventions or strategies being compared and why chosen | Methods page 3, Table 1 |
| Perspective | 8 | State the perspective(s) adopted by the study and why chosen | Introduction page 2, Methods page 3 |
| Time horizon | 9 | State the time horizon for the study and why appropriate | Methods page 3 |
| Discount rate | 10 | Report the discount rate(s) and reason chosen | Methods page 5 |
| Selection of outcomes | 11 | Describe what outcomes were used as the measure(s) of benefit(s) and harm(s) | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Measurement of outcomes | 12 | Describe how outcomes used to capture benefit(s) and harm(s) were measured | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Valuation of outcomes | 13 | Describe the population and methods used to measure and value outcomes | Methods pages 3-5 |
| Measurement and valuation of resources and costs | 14 | Describe how costs were valued | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Currency, price date, and conversion | 15 | Report the dates of the estimated resource quantities and unit costs, plus the currency and year of conversion | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Rationale and description of model | 16 | If modelling is used, describe in detail and why used. Report if the model is publicly available and where it can be accessed | Not applicable |
| Analytics and assumptions | 17 | Describe any methods for analyzing or statistically transforming data, any extrapolation methods, and approaches for validating any model used | Methods page 5 |
| Characterizing heterogeneity | 18 | Describe any methods used for estimating how the results of the study vary for subgroups | Not applicable |
| Characterizing distributional effects | 19 | Describe how impacts are distributed across different individuals or adjustments made to reflect priority populations | Introduction page 1, Methods page 3, Table 1 |
| Characterizing uncertainty | 20 | Describe methods to characterize any sources of uncertainty in the analysis | Methods page 4, discussion page 10 |
| Approach to engagement with patients and others affected by the study | 21 | Describe any approaches to engage patients or service recipients, the general public, communities, or stakeholders (such as clinicians or payers) in the design of the study | Methods pages 3-5 |
| Results | |||
| Study parameters | 22 | Report all analytic inputs (such as values, ranges, references), including uncertainty or distributional assumptions | Results pages 5-8 |
| Summary of main results | 23 | Report the mean values for the main categories of costs and outcomes of interest and summarize them in the most appropriate overall measure | Results pages 5-8, Figures 1–3 |
| Effect of uncertainty | 24 | Describe how uncertainty about analytic judgements, inputs, or projections affect findings. Report the effect of the choice of discount rate and time horizon, if applicable | Results pages 5-8, discussion pages 8-10 |
| Effect of engagement with patients and others affected by the study | 25 | Report on any difference in patient/service recipient, general public, community, or stakeholder involvement made to the approach or findings of the study | Not applicable |
| Discussion | |||
| Study findings, limitations, generalizability, and current knowledge | 26 | Report key findings, limitations, ethical or equity considerations not captured, and how these could affect patients, policy, or practice | Discussion pages 8-10 |
| Other relevant information | |||
| Source of funding | 27 | Describe how the study was funded and any role of the funder in the identification, design, conduct, and reporting of the analysis | Title page 1 |
| Conflicts of interest | 28 | Report authors' conflicts of interest according to journal or International Committee of Medical Journal Editors requirements | Conflicts of interest have been reported according to the guidance of the International Journal of Workplace Health Management |
| Topic | No. | Item | Location where the item is reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | 1 | Identify the study as an economic evaluation and specify the interventions being compared | Title page |
| Abstract | 2 | Provide a structured summary that highlights context, key methods, results, and alternative analyses | Page 1 |
| Introduction | |||
| Background and objectives | 3 | Give the context for the study, the study question, and its practical relevance for decision-making in policy or practice | Introduction, pages 1-2 |
| Methods | |||
| Health economic analysis plan | 4 | Indicate whether a health economic analysis plan was developed and where available | CHEERS, |
| Study population | 5 | Describe characteristics of the study population (such as age range, demographics, socioeconomic or clinical characteristics) | Methods page 3, Results page 5 |
| Setting and location | 6 | Provide relevant contextual information that may influence findings | Methods page 3 |
| Comparators | 7 | Describe the interventions or strategies being compared and why chosen | Methods page 3, |
| Perspective | 8 | State the perspective(s) adopted by the study and why chosen | Introduction page 2, Methods page 3 |
| Time horizon | 9 | State the time horizon for the study and why appropriate | Methods page 3 |
| Discount rate | 10 | Report the discount rate(s) and reason chosen | Methods page 5 |
| Selection of outcomes | 11 | Describe what outcomes were used as the measure(s) of benefit(s) and harm(s) | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Measurement of outcomes | 12 | Describe how outcomes used to capture benefit(s) and harm(s) were measured | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Valuation of outcomes | 13 | Describe the population and methods used to measure and value outcomes | Methods pages 3-5 |
| Measurement and valuation of resources and costs | 14 | Describe how costs were valued | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Currency, price date, and conversion | 15 | Report the dates of the estimated resource quantities and unit costs, plus the currency and year of conversion | Methods pages 4-5 |
| Rationale and description of model | 16 | If modelling is used, describe in detail and why used. Report if the model is publicly available and where it can be accessed | Not applicable |
| Analytics and assumptions | 17 | Describe any methods for analyzing or statistically transforming data, any extrapolation methods, and approaches for validating any model used | Methods page 5 |
| Characterizing heterogeneity | 18 | Describe any methods used for estimating how the results of the study vary for subgroups | Not applicable |
| Characterizing distributional effects | 19 | Describe how impacts are distributed across different individuals or adjustments made to reflect priority populations | Introduction page 1, Methods page 3, |
| Characterizing uncertainty | 20 | Describe methods to characterize any sources of uncertainty in the analysis | Methods page 4, discussion page 10 |
| Approach to engagement with patients and others affected by the study | 21 | Describe any approaches to engage patients or service recipients, the general public, communities, or stakeholders (such as clinicians or payers) in the design of the study | Methods pages 3-5 |
| Results | |||
| Study parameters | 22 | Report all analytic inputs (such as values, ranges, references), including uncertainty or distributional assumptions | Results pages 5-8 |
| Summary of main results | 23 | Report the mean values for the main categories of costs and outcomes of interest and summarize them in the most appropriate overall measure | Results pages 5-8, |
| Effect of uncertainty | 24 | Describe how uncertainty about analytic judgements, inputs, or projections affect findings. Report the effect of the choice of discount rate and time horizon, if applicable | Results pages 5-8, discussion pages 8-10 |
| Effect of engagement with patients and others affected by the study | 25 | Report on any difference in patient/service recipient, general public, community, or stakeholder involvement made to the approach or findings of the study | Not applicable |
| Discussion | |||
| Study findings, limitations, generalizability, and current knowledge | 26 | Report key findings, limitations, ethical or equity considerations not captured, and how these could affect patients, policy, or practice | Discussion pages 8-10 |
| Other relevant information | |||
| Source of funding | 27 | Describe how the study was funded and any role of the funder in the identification, design, conduct, and reporting of the analysis | Title page 1 |
| Conflicts of interest | 28 | Report authors' conflicts of interest according to journal or International Committee of Medical Journal Editors requirements | Conflicts of interest have been reported according to the guidance of the International Journal of Workplace Health Management |
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