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… Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ierp20 Download by: [Maastricht University Library] Date: 02 January 2017, At: 02:19 Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research ISSN: 1473-7167 (Print) 1744-8379 (Online) Journal homepage: … biases such as reporting and dissemination bias. Although these biases are thought of more in relation to trial-based EE, most of them are also applicable to model-based EE. Therefore, this article will focus only on risk of bias and transferability checklists specifically tailored for the critical appraisal of EEs. SR-EEs can be categorized roughly into three groups: (1) multipurpose reviews, (2) reviews for inform- ing the development of CPGs, and (3) reviews for developing decision analytic … EEs of a health-care intervention or disease area in order to inform policy decisions [1,14]. The guidance in this article covers only the first two types of SR categories. Accordingly, this article is aimed mainly at CPG developers although the checklists can also aid others who want to pre- pare SR-EEs, like health technology assessment (HTA) research- ers, systematic reviewers, and students, as they seek to identify the different steps, important key sources, and prac- tical information to …