CHEERS 2022 Checklist

Scope: The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022 statement provides a 28-item checklist to promote transparent and comprehensive reporting of economic evaluations of health interventions.

Reference: See source/archetypes/cheers-2022.yml for canonical link and provenance.

Instructions

• Use task list items for checklist boxes; these become interactive checkboxes in PDF.
• Use a span with class .textfield for free‑text fields.

Title and Abstract

• Title: Identify the study as an economic evaluation and specify the interventions being compared.
• Abstract: Provide a structured summary detailing the context, key methods, results, and alternative analyses.

Introduction

• Background and Objectives: Describe the study’s context, the research question, and its relevance for policy or practice.

Methods

• Health Economic Analysis Plan: Indicate if a health economic analysis plan was developed and where it can be accessed.
• Study Population: Describe the characteristics of the study population, including demographics and clinical characteristics.
• Setting and Location: Provide relevant contextual information that could influence the findings.
• Comparators: Describe the interventions or strategies being compared and the rationale for their choice.
• Perspective: State the perspective(s) of the study and the reasoning for their selection.
• Time Horizon: Report the time horizon for the study and justify its appropriateness.
• Discount Rate: Report the discount rate(s) used and the reason for their choice.
• Selection of Outcomes: Describe the outcomes used to measure benefits and harms.
• Measurement of Outcomes: Detail how the selected outcomes were measured.
• Valuation of Outcomes: Describe the methods and population used to measure and value outcomes.
• Measurement and Valuation of Resources and Costs: Explain how costs were valued.
• Currency, Price Date, and Conversion: Report the dates of estimated resource quantities and unit costs, as well as the currency and conversion year.
• Rationale and Description of Model: If a model was used, describe it in detail, explain its use, and state if it is publicly available.
• Analytics and Assumptions: Describe methods for data analysis, statistical transformation, extrapolation, and model validation.

Results

• Study Parameters: Report all parameters used in the analysis, including their sources and any assumptions.
• Summary of Main Results: Present the main results, including costs, effects, and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.
• Characterizing Heterogeneity: Describe any methods used to explore how results may vary for different subgroups.
• Characterizing Distributional Effects: Explain how impacts are distributed across different individuals or any adjustments made for priority populations.
• Characterizing Uncertainty: Describe the methods used to characterize any sources of uncertainty in the analysis.

Discussion

• Summary of Findings, Limitations, Generalizability, and Current Knowledge: Summarize the findings, discuss limitations, and consider the generalizability of the results in the context of current knowledge.
• Conclusions: Provide conclusions about the study’s findings and their implications for policy or practice.

Other

• Conflicts of Interest: Disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
• Funding: Identify the sources of funding for the study.
• Approach to Engagement: Describe the approach to engaging with patients and others affected by the study.

Notes

Provenance

• Source: See sidecar metadata in source/archetypes/cheers-2022.yml
• Version: 2022
• License: CC-BY-4.0