Journal article
Economic and Humanistic Burden of Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Large Sample Studies
Abstract
BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) consumes a significant amount of healthcare resources, and impairs the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients. Previous reviews have consistently found substantial variations in the costs of OA across studies and countries. The comparability between studies was poor and limited the detection of the true differences between these studies.ObjectiveTo review large sample studies on measuring the economic …
Authors
Xie F; Kovic B; Jin X; He X; Wang M; Silvestre C
Journal
PharmacoEconomics, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 1087–1100
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
11 2016
DOI
10.1007/s40273-016-0424-x
ISSN
1170-7690