Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS 2022) Statement: Updated Reporting Guidance for Health Economic Evaluations

Abstract

Health economic evaluations are comparative analyses of alternative courses of action in terms of their costs and consequences. The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement, published in 2013, was created to ensure health economic evaluations are identifiable, interpretable, and useful for decision making. It was intended as guidance to help authors report accurately which health interventions were being compared and in what context, how the evaluation was undertaken, what the findings were, and other details that may aid readers and reviewers in interpretation and use of the study. The new CHEERS 2022 statement replaces previous CHEERS reporting guidance. It reflects the need for guidance that can be more easily applied to all types of health economic evaluation, new methods and developments in the field, as well as the increased role of stakeholder involvement including patients and the public. It is also broadly applicable to any form of intervention intended to improve the health of individuals or the population, whether simple or complex, and without regard to context (such as health care, public health, education, social care, etc). This summary article presents the new CHEERS 2022 28-item checklist and recommendations for each item. The CHEERS 2022 statement is primarily intended for researchers reporting economic evaluations for peer reviewed journals as well as the peer reviewers and editors assessing them for publication. However, we anticipate familiarity with reporting requirements will be useful for analysts when planning studies. It may also be useful for health technology assessment bodies seeking guidance on reporting, as there is an increasing emphasis on transparency in decision making.

Cost-Effectiveness of Mobile Stroke Unit Care in Norway

“…The present article is reported according to the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS 2022), 22 completed checklist is available in the Supplemental Material . Data supporting these analyses are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.…”

Cost-effectiveness analysis of ferric carboxymaltose versus iron sucrose for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Spain

“…The reporting of this study conforms to the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement. 27 The completed CHEERS checklist can be found in the supplementary information.…”

An Integrated Cost Model Based on Real Patient Flow: Exploring Surgical Hospitalization

“…For the modeling step, this study considered the applicable guidelines for Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) [ 23 ]. The scope was defined to the health sector component with provider (hospital) perspective [ 4 , 24 ].…”

“…Hospitals are complex and expensive structures [ 21 ] and the health decision maker should be supported with the best possible foundation. Economic evaluation in health has been applied to provide this basis and one of its forms, cost analysis, is considered the essential element of all evaluations [ 22 , 23 ]. Cost analysis includes the measurement of used amounts of resources and the allocation of unit values or prices to a set of relevant costs [ 22 , 23 , 24 ].…”