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Table 3 Quality rating of the modeling studies based on three best practice recommendations from ISPOR

From: Global strategies and effectiveness for COVID-19 prevention through contact tracing, screening, quarantine, and isolation: a systematic review

Author and year

Was the model a dynamic (transmission) model?

Did the authors conduct uncertainty analyses on key assumptions that may have had an impact of the conclusions?

Do the results provide estimates of the change in the burden of infection due to the intervention?

Quality

Xiuli 2020 [23]

Unclear

Yes

Unclear

Major concerns

Adam 2020 [24]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Tang 2020 [25]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Rocklöv 2020 [26]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Zhao 2020 [27]

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Moderate concerns

Ferguson 2020

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Yang 2020 [29]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Peak 2020 [30]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Tang 2020 [31]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Hou 2020 [32]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Hellewell 2020 [33]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No concerns to minor concerns

Gostic 2020 [34]

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Moderate concerns

Mirjam 2020

Unclear

No

Unclear

Major concerns