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The state of health economic evaluation research in Nigeria: a systematic review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Economic burden of road traffic injuries in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of existing literature.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on the Extent and Quality of Pharmacoeconomic Publications in Egypt.Clinical drug investigation · 2019Pooled it
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- Assessing the scope and reporting quality of published health economic evaluation studies in Jordan: a systematic literature review.Health economics review · 2026Review
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- Health economics in Africa from 1991 to 2020: A systematic review.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Pharmacoeconomics in Africa: needs, prospect and challenges.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2021Article
- Identifying priority technical and context-specific issues in improving the conduct, reporting and use of health economic evaluation in low- and middle-income countries.Health research policy and systems · 2018Article
- Systematic Review of Health Economic Evaluation Studies Developed in Brazil from 1980 to 2013.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Quality Assessment of Published Articles in Iranian Journals Related to Economic Evaluation in Health Care Programs Based on Drummond's Checklist: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2017Review
- Economic Evaluation in Global Perspective: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Recent Literature.Health economics · 2016Article
- Do economic evaluation studies inform effective healthcare resource allocation in Iran? A critical review of the literature.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2014Review
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- State of health economic evaluation research in Saudi Arabia: a review.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2012Article
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Abstract
This study assessed the state of health economic evaluation (including pharmacoeconomic) research in Nigeria. A literature search was conducted to identify health economic articles pertaining to Nigeria. Two reviewers independently scored each article in the final sample using a data collection form designed for the study. A total of 44 studies investigating a wide variety of diseases were included in the review. These articles were published in 34 different journals, mostly based outside of Nigeria, between 1988 and 2009. On average, each article was written by four authors. Most first authors had medical/clinical affiliations and resided in Nigeria at the time of publication of the study. Based on a 1 to 10 scale, with 10 indicating the highest quality, the mean quality score for all studies was 7.29 (SD 1.21) and 59% of the articles were of fair quality (score 5-7); 5% were of even lower quality. The quality of articles was statistically significantly (p < or = 0.05) related to the country of residence of the primary author (non-Nigeria = higher), country of the journal (non-Nigeria = higher), primary objective of the study (economic analysis = higher) and type of economic analysis conducted (economic evaluations higher than cost studies). The conduct of health economic (including pharmacoeconomic) research in Nigeria was limited and about two-thirds of published articles were of sub-optimal quality. More and better quality health economic research in Nigeria is warranted.
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