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Table 5 Ranked context-specific issues

From: Identifying priority technical and context-specific issues in improving the conduct, reporting and use of health economic evaluation in low- and middle-income countries

Rank

Context-specific issue

Score

Frequency in first rank

1

Economic evaluations not included as a part of the decision-making process

26

39%

2

Limited local capacity to conduct or contextualise research

19

29%

3

Lack of funding for the necessary research

10

15%a

4

Misunderstandings and communications weaknesses between researchers, academia and end-users of the evidence

10

15%

5

Absence of local journal with a high-quality reviewing processes

1

2%

  1. aThe rank takes account of frequencies in the regional analysis