Developing the Lebanese health economic evaluation guideline

To report on the process of developing the Lebanese Economic Evaluation Guideline (LEEG), and to provide relevant material that could assist guideline developers in the future. The development of the LEEG closely followed the process proposed by the World Health Organization, i.e. to set up a Guideline Development Group (composed of three Lebanese experts), to establish the rationale for developing the guideline in Lebanon, to identify its scope, to search and retrieve evidence through two systematic reviews, to assess and present the evidence, to translate the evidence into guidelines and recommendations through a deliberative process, and to consult international experts. The deliberative process included a survey, an in-person interview, and a consensus workshop with 16 Lebanese key stakeholders. Data was collected and quantitative analysis was conducted using SPSS software. International experts from Maastricht University - The Netherlands were consulted for issuing the LEEG. Supported by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the LEEG will be available for public consultation on the MoPH’s webpage, and a final version will be made available thereafter. Clear and transparent reporting of the guideline development process should support international organizations as well as other developers in establishing their guidelines within their national context.本研究旨在报告黎巴嫩经济评价指南（Lebanese Economic Evaluation Guideline, LEEG）的制定流程，并提供可助力未来指南制定者的相关参考资料。该指南的制定严格遵循世界卫生组织（World Health Organization, WHO）提出的标准化流程：组建指南制定小组（由3名黎巴嫩专家组成），明确在黎巴嫩制定该指南的理论依据，界定其适用范围，通过两项系统综述检索并获取相关证据，对证据进行评估与呈现，经由审议流程将证据转化为指南条文与正式推荐意见，同时咨询国际专家意见。本次审议流程涵盖问卷调查、面对面访谈，以及与16名黎巴嫩关键利益相关方开展的共识研讨会。研究数据经系统收集后，采用SPSS软件完成定量分析。本指南的制定还咨询了荷兰马斯特里赫特大学的国际专家。在黎巴嫩公共卫生部（Ministry of Public Health, MoPH）的支持下，LEEG将在该部门官方网站面向公众公开征求意见，后续将发布最终正式版本。本研究对指南制定流程的清晰透明报告，将可为国际组织及其他国家的指南制定者在本国语境下制定相关指南提供有益参考。