Table 2 Ranks of evidence for parameters used in the decision models
Evidence ranking | CUA of transplanting infectious kidneys (n = 03) | CUA of kidney allocation policies (n = 09) | CUA of technology used in KT (n = 04) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical data | Cost data | Utility data | Clinical data | Cost data | Utility data | Clinical data | Cost data | Utility data | |
High quality | |||||||||
 Rank 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | 8 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
 Rank 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Medium quality | |||||||||
 Rank 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Low quality | |||||||||
 Rank 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Rank 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |