Information on how items for costing were identified
Evidence of content validity, resource use identified by reference to similar studies, for example
Piloting of questionnaires for patient / carer completion
Evidence of content validity, resource use identified by reference to similar studies, for example
Journal article: eek G J, Elbourne D, Mugford M, et al, Randomised controlled trial and parallel economic evaluation of conventional ventilatory support versus extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure (CESAR), 2010
Validation
Evidence of content validity, resource use identified by reference to similar studies, for example
Journal article: Rudd A G, Wolfe C D A, Tilling K, et al, Randomised controlled trial to evaluate early discharge scheme for patients with stroke. , British Medical Journal, 2007, 315, 1039–1044