Table 4 Summary of quality assessment and domain scores of reviewed studies
From: Economic analyses of breast cancer control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
| Authors | Scored domains | Summary scores | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study design | Effectiveness estimation | Cost estimation | Analysis | Interpretation of results | Number of items scored | Sum of scores | Total average score | ||
| Groot and colleagues, 2006 [28] | Score granted | 12 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 50 | 1.72 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 88% | 75% | 89% | 90% | 86% | |||
| Okonkwo and colleagues, 2008 [30] | Score granted | 12 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 47 | 1.68 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 100% | 38% | 100% | 100% | 84% | |||
| Munshi, 2009 [41] | Score granted | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 0.90 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 50% | 70% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |||
| Sarvazyan and colleagues, 2008 [32] | Score granted | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 0.90 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 50% | 70% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |||
| Fonseca and colleagues, 2009 [38] | Score granted | 14 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 44 | 1.57 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 100% | 100% | 13% | 72% | 100% | 79% | |||
| Ginsberg and colleagues, 2012 [27] | Score granted | 12 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 52 | 1.79 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 100% | 75% | 89% | 100% | 90% | |||
| Salomon and colleagues, 2012 [31] | Score granted | 12 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 45 | 1.55 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 75% | 63% | 78% | 80% | 78% | |||
| Pakseresht and colleagues, 2011 [48] | Score granted | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 1.33 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 88% | 50% | 50% | 75% | 63% | 67% | |||
| Szynglarewicz and Matkowski, 2011 [33] | Score granted | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 0.625 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 88% | 50% | 50% | 75% | 63% | 33% | |||
| Yazihan and Yilmaz, 2006 [34] | Score granted | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 0.79 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 0% | 38% | 13% | 50% | 40% | |||
| Bastani and Kiadaliri, 2012 [49] | Score granted | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 40 | 1.6 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 93% | 100% | 50% | 70% | 80% | 80% | |||
| Liubao and colleagues, 2009 [39] | Score granted | 13 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 50 | 1.72 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 93% | 88% | 50% | 89% | 100% | 86% | |||
| Astim, 2011 [36] | Score granted | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 1.14 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 64% | 63% | 38% | 50% | 70% | 57% | |||
| Zelle and colleagues, 2012 [35] | Score granted | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 52 | 1.79 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 100% | 88% | 88% | 78% | 100% | 90% | |||
| Bai and colleagues, 2012 [42] | Score granted | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 29 | 52 | 1.79 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 93% | 100% | 63% | 100% | 80% | 90% | |||
| Arredondo and colleagues, 1995 [43] | Score granted | 10 | NA | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 1.00 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 71% | NA | 13% | 0% | 70% | 50% | |||
| Boutayeb and colleagues, 2010 [37] | Score granted | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 1.08 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 86% | 50% | 50% | 13% | 60% | 54% | |||
| Denewer and colleagues, 2010 [26] | Score granted | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 0.84 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 71% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 50% | 42% | |||
| Guggisberg and colleagues, 2011 [46] | Score granted | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 0.96 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 21% | 75% | 25% | 13% | 50% | 35% | |||
| Kobayashi, 1988 [44] | Score granted | 4 | 4 | 1 | NA | 3 | 19 | 12 | 0.63 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 29% | 67% | 13% | NA | 30% | 32% | |||
| Love and colleagues, 2002 [40] | Score granted | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 1.26 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 64% | 100% | 13% | 63% | 80% | 63% | |||
| Mousavi and colleagues, 2008 [29] | Score granted | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 0.45 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 36% | 25% | 0% | 13% | 30% | 23% | |||
| Nasrinossadat and colleagues, 2011 [47] | Score granted | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 0.68 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 50% | 63% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 34% | |||
| Thomas and colleagues, 1999 [45] | Score granted | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 0.81 |
| % of maximum (domain) score | 50% | 67% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 41% | |||
| Total average domain score (%) | 73% | 70% | 34% | 51% | 68% | ||||