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Only 14% of published model-based health economic assessments in obesity performed external event validation.
Practitioners should be aware that a majority of economic models in obesity lack external validation.
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Only for ten published model-based health economic assessments in obesity an external event validation was performed (14%; 10 of 72).
Why this rating
Based on systematic review methodology.
Source
Event simulation and external validation applied in published health economic models for obesity: a systematic review
Bjoern Schwander et al. · Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research · 2018
DOI 10.1080/14737167.2018.1501680
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