Sharma, PawanaScotland, GrahamCruickshank, MoiraTassie, EmmaFraser, CynthiaBurton, Christopher DavidCroal, BernardRamsay, Craig RBrazzelli, Miriam Giovanna2015-07-202015-07-202015-06-25Sharma, P, Scotland, G, Cruickshank, M, Tassie, E, Fraser, C, Burton, C D, Croal, B, Ramsay, C R & Brazzelli, M G 2015, 'Is self-monitoring an effective option for people receiving long-term vitamin K antagonist therapy? A systematic review and economic evaluation', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 6, e007758. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-0077582044-6055ORCID: /0000-0002-5182-884X/work/69663723ORCID: /0000-0003-4043-7349/work/84131327http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4684Date of Acceptance: 07/05/15 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the investigators who kindly provided additional trials details, the NICE Assessment Subgroup specialist members (Dianna Oxley, Dianne Kitchen, Niall O’Keeffe, Peter Birtles, Peter MacCallum, Rishabh Prasad, and Sue Rhodes) for their assistance with some queries related to the interventions and their use in clinical practice, Charles Boachie for statistical support, and Lara Kemp for secretarial support. Funding This report was commissioned by the NIHR HTA Programme as project number 13/06/2001. The Health Services Research Unit, and Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, are both core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates, NIHR HTA Programme or the Department of Health. Any errors are the responsibility of the authors.153553519engR MedicineRJournal article10.1136/bmjopen-2015-00775856