CHEERS Checklist for Health Economic Evaluations

The CHEERS checklist (Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards) is a reporting guideline for health economic evaluation studies. It explains what authors should report when presenting cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and cost–benefit analyses. The checklist covers key elements such as study perspective, comparators, time horizon, costing methods, and outcomes. Journals and reviewers use CHEERS to assess transparency and consistency in economic evaluations. Adhering to the checklist improves interpretability and comparability of economic evidence. CHEERS is recommended for researchers submitting health economics studies to peer-reviewed journals.