Journal article
Users' guide to the orthopaedic literature: What is a cost-effectiveness analysis?
Abstract
As the cost of healthcare continue to rise, orthopaedic surgeons are being pressured to practice cost-effective healthcare. Consequently, economic evaluation of treatment options are being reported more commonly in medical and surgical literature. As new orthopaedic procedures and treatments may improve patient outcome and function over traditional treatment options, the effect of the potentially higher costs of new treatments should be …
Authors
Tanner S; Sprague S; Jeray K
Journal
Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 126–136
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2008
DOI
10.4103/0019-5413.40247
ISSN
0019-5413