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Table 3 Quality index scores for studies included in the review

From: Economic evaluations of interventions to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality: a review of the evidence in LMICs and its implications for South Africa

 

Study

Quality index decision based on % score

1

Adam et al. (2005)

Fair

2

Borghi et al. (2005)

High

3

Manasyan et al. (2011)

Fair

4

Bang et al. (2005)

Fair

5

Tripathy et al. (2004)

Fair

6

Lewycka et al. (2013)

Fair

7

Fottrell et al. (in Prost et al. 2013)

Fair

8

LeFevre et al. (2013)

High

9

Owusu-Edusei et al. (2011)

High

10

Sicuri et al. (2010)

High

11

Sabin et al. (2005)

High

12

Sayed et al. (2008)

Fair

13

Halperin et al. (2009)

Fair

14

John et al. (2008)

Fair

15

Robberstad and Ovjen-Olsen (2010)

High

16

Orlando et al. (2010)

Fair

17

Shah et al. (2011)

High

18

Maredza et al. (2013)

High

19

Binagwaho et al. (2013)

High

20

Hung et al. (2011)

High

21

Bomela et al. (2001)

Poor

22

Vickerman et al. (2006)

Fair

23

Hong et al. (2010)

High

24

Hounton et al. (2009)

High

25

Huang et al. (2012)

High

26

Darmstadt et al. (2007)

Fair

27

Fasawe et al. (2013)

High

  1. High = 75–100 %; fair = 50–74 %; poor = 25–49 %