Table 1 Characteristics of selected studies with majority category noted (N = 35)

Single country in Africa

29

83

First author, affiliation is an African institution

18

51

First author, affiliation is an academic institution

34

97

First author, second affiliation has been given

4

11

Corresponding author, affiliation is an African institution

15

43

Corresponding author, affiliation is an academic institution

30

86

Intervention - population target ^a

25

71

Intervention type (management, majority) ^b

16

46

Intervention measure – DALY

14

40

Intervention measure - any utility-based

24

69

Evaluation type - CEA only

11

31

Evaluation type - CEA or CUA

28

80

Evaluation design – modelling

25

71

Model type - Markov

13

37

Time horizon (years)

Median

10

Perspective – health care system

21

60

Discount rate (3%)

21

60

Uncertainty - sensitivity analysis: univariate

14

40

Uncertainty - sensitivity analysis: any type

23

66

Currency – United States Dollars

20

57

Currency – Local

21

60

Currency – year

Median

2014

Threshold - GDP or GNI based

20

57