Comparison of lifetime incremental cost:utility ratios of surgery relative to failed medical management for the treatment of hip, knee and spine osteoarthritis modelled using 2-year postsurgical values | Zendy

Peggy Tso | Zendy; K. Walker | Zendy; Nizar N. Mahomed | Zendy; Peter C. Coyte | Zendy; Y. Raja Rampersaud | Zendy

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Comparison of lifetime incremental cost:utility ratios of surgery relative to failed medical management for the treatment of hip, knee and spine osteoarthritis modelled using 2-year postsurgical values

Author(s) -

Peggy Tso,

K. Walker,

Nizar N. Mahomed,

Peter C. Coyte,

Y. Raja Rampersaud

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.033910

Subject(s) - medicine , decompression , osteoarthritis , cohort , surgery , quality adjusted life year , spinal stenosis , cost effectiveness , lumbar spinal stenosis , physical therapy , lumbar , risk analysis (engineering) , alternative medicine , pathology

Demand for surgery to treat osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, knee and spine has risen dramatically. Whereas total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have been widely accepted as cost-effective, spine surgeries (decompression, decompression with fusion) to treat degenerative conditions remain underfunded compared with other surgeries.

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