Table 1 Study inclusion criteria

Types of intervention

All types of policy-indicated evidence-based interventions including but not limited to screening, prevention, treatment and policy-indicated evidence-based interventions for EDs– including psychotherapies, pharmacological and dietetic interventions

Participant age

Unrestricted

Condition

Must have a current or lifetime history of a diagnosed DSM-IV or DSM-5 eating disorder

Study type & design

All types—including but not limited to studies which undertake either trial-based comparative economic analyses or modelled economic analyses

Outcome measure

Full economic evaluations (see Outcomes—Cost Measures for Health Economic Evaluations, below)

Setting

Any. Such as clinical settings, inpatient, community, online and other types of virtual care samples

Country of study

Any. Including standard grouping such as World Bank high-income country groupings [16] or WEIRD (westernised, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic) countries [17]

Date of study

Only restricting the start date to 1994 to cover both DSM-IV and DSM-5 circulation periods

Publication type & availability

Peer-Reviewed, Full-Text Only

Language

Any