Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies
Country | Korea | Hong Kong | Palestine | China | Vietnam | India | Indonesia | Taiwan | Lebanon | Singapore | Iran | Jordan | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Search | Electronic database search | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Hand search | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Currency | US$ (Dollars)) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
National currency | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Data source | Retrospective, patient medical records | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Retrospective, claims data | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Prospective, patient medical records | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Retrospective and Prospective | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Cost reported | Direct cost | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Economic burden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Costing method | Bottom-up approach | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Top-down approach | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||