Economic Evaluations: Filters
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the (UK) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). For suggestions on the appraisal of filters see the ISSG Search Filter Appraisal Checklist.
This page shows publications that have reviewed search filter performance and individual search filters.
Please note that other filter sites/filter collections may have relevant filters for this topic.
Publications that review search filter performance
Moberg K, Berg J, Eriksson T, Lundqvist M, Wiss J, Ringborg A. A comparison of two search filters for economic evaluations. The CADTH Narrow vs the NHS EED search filter [poster]
Cochrane Colloquium Sept 4 2023.
Glanville J, Kaunelis D, Mensinkai S. How well do search filters perform in identifying economic evaluations in MEDLINE and EMBASE. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2009;25(4):522-529.
Individual search filters
Database indexing changes over time and new vocabulary may be introduced. With older filters, please check the subject indexing to ensure that the subject indexing is still current and, if not, consider whether new vocabulary may need to be added to the filter. Please note that if filters are amended, the performance may change from that published in the original articles and the filter should be reported as amended from the original filter.
CINAHL
CADTH economic evaluations and models filter [EBSCO] Last updated 4 March 2016.
NHS CRD NHS EED filter for economic evaluations [EBSCOhost]
SIGN search filters [undated] [Ovid]
NOTE: Pragmatic and untested
Embase
Hubbard W, Walsh N, Hudson T, Heath A, Dietz J, Rogers G. Development and validation of paired MEDLINE and Embase search filters for cost-utility studies. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022;22:310
CADTH economic evaluations and models filter [Ovid] Last updated 5 October 2021.
There is also a narrow (precise) economic filter for a multifile search of MEDLINE and Embase on Ovid at the same link. Last updated 1 Dec 2021.
Harboe I, Desser A, Nordheim L, Glanville, J. PD85: Testing search filters to retrieve economic evaluations in Embase. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2019;34(S1)
NHS CRD NHS EED filter for economic evaluations
Launch the filter for Ovid Embase (subscribers only)
McKinlay RJ, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB, Hedges Team. Optimal search strategies for detecting cost and economic studies in EMBASE. BMC Health Serv Res 2006;6:67.
Royle P, Waugh N. Literature searching for clinical and cost-effectiveness studies used in health technology assessment reports carried out for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraisal system. Health Technol Assess 2003;7(34):32 [Ovid]
OVID Economic studies search filter [undated]
Launch the OVID filter for Embase (subscribers only)
SIGN search filters [undated] [Ovid]
NOTE: Pragmatic and untested
Launch SIGN filter for Ovid Embase (subscribers only)
MEDLINE
Hubbard W, Walsh N, Hudson T, Heath A, Dietz J, Rogers G. Development and validation of paired MEDLINE and Embase search filters for cost-utility studies. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022;22:310
NHS CRD NHS EED filter for economic evaluations
A translation of this filter for PubMed is offered in Neyt M & Chalon P X. Search MEDLINE for economic evaluations: tips to translate an OVID strategy into a PubMed one. PharmacoEconomics. 2013;31:1087-1090.
Launch search filter for Ovid MEDLINE (subscribers only)
Launch search filter for PubMed (translated by Julie Glanville)
Kaunelis D. When everything is too much: development of a CADTH narrow economic search filter. Poster presented at: 2011 CADTH Symposium. 2011 Apr 3-5; Vancouver, BC. [Ovid, PubMed]
Launch search filter for Ovid MEDLINE (subscribers only)
Launch the "narrow" economic filter on PubMed
Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB, Lavis JN, Ramkissoonsingh R, Arnold-Oatley AE, HSR Hedges team. Optimal search strategies for detecting health services research studies in MEDLINE. CMAJ 2004;171(10):1179-85. [Ovid].
Royle P, Waugh N. Literature searching for clinical and cost-effectiveness studies used in health technology assessment reports carried out for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraisal system. Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(34):32 [Ovid].
Sassi F, Archard L, McDaid D. Searching literature databases for health care economic evaluations: how systematic can we afford to be? Med Care 2002;40(5):387-94. [PubMed]
Launch the filter for economic evaluations, cost and economic models on PubMed. Last updated June 2020.
Launch the filter for economic evaluations, cost and economic models on Ovid MEDLINE (subscribers only). Last updated 4 March 2016
There is also a narrow (precise) economic filter for a multifile search of MEDLINE and Embase on Ovid at the same link. Last updated 1 Dec 2021.
There is a narrow (precise) economic filter for PubMed. Last updated June 2020.
OVID Economic studies search filter [undated]
Launch the filter for OVID MEDLINE (subscribers only)
SIGN search filters [undated] [Ovid]
NOTE: Pragmatic and untested
Launch the SIGN filter for Ovid MEDLINE (subscribers only)