Clinical and cost-effectiveness of technologies for the assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and economic model

Chapter 5: Assessment of cost-effectiveness.

We conducted a systematic review to identify previous cost-effectiveness studies of diagnostic tests for the assessment of ADHD and previous cost-effectiveness models of treatment for ADHD.

We searched the following databases:

MEDLINE (MEDALL) via Ovid
EMBASE via Ovid
PsycInfo via Ovid
CINAHL via EBSCOhost.

We also included any relevant papers on the cost-effectiveness of sensor CPTs for the assessment of ADHD, which were identified in the clinical effectiveness review, searched citations in relevant publications and asked experts in the field. We also ran additional targeted searches to identify specific inputs required in the economic model.

We assessed the quality of cost-effectiveness studies of diagnostic tests for the assessment of ADHD using the Drummond checklist.