Economic evaluations of health interventions pose a particular challenge for reporting. There is also a need to consolidate and update existing guidelines and promote their use in a user friendly manner. The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement is an...

Prophylactic treatment with bacterial lysate of infants with single heredity for atopy for 26 weeks in the 1st year of life is cost-effective at the age of 3 and 6 years, i.e. prophylactic use of bacterial lysate generated lower costs by leading to lower prevalence compared to placebo. </AbstractSection>...

Some bias can occur when an increase in non-target-disease-specific mortality is not considered when modelling the outcomes of screening tests. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013