Cost-Effectiveness of Total Knee Replacement (TKR) in the US: Impact of Patient Risk and Hospital VolumeR.P. Walensky
ObjectiveTotal knee replacement (TKR) rates have significantly increased in the past decade. While the procedure itself might be costly, the cost-effectiveness and potential offset costs from patient and societal benefits have not been clearly established. The objective of this study was to perform ...
According to the researchers, following direct standardization, per-capita use of total knee arthroplasty was 21.4 per 10,000 in Ontario, compared with 16.2 in New York (P< .001). Use of total hip arthroplasty was 11.5 per 10,000 in Ontari...
aBased on existing research evidence, total knee replacement (TKR) is a safe and cost- effective treatment for alleviating pain and restoring physical function in patients who do notrespond to non-surgical therapies. Overall, TKR has been shown to be a very successful, relatively low-risk ...
Total knee replacement − current practice not cost effective in USTotal knee replacement − current practice not cost effective in USNo Abstract available for this article.doi:10.1007/s40274-017-3897-8NoneSpringer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...
We have undertaken a comprehensive programme of work to develop a care pathway for patients with chronic pain after total knee replacement. This protocol describes the design of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention care pathway ...
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These outcomes were the American Knee Society Score,22 the University of California, Los Angeles Activity Score,25 the High Activity Arthroplasty Score,26 the EuroQol EQ-5D-3L,27 the Lund Satisfaction Score,28 the frequency of complications (determining the number of patients who required re-...
KA: kinematic alignment; rKA: restricted kinematic alignment; MA: mechanical alignment; RCT: randomized controlled trial; WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index; OKS: Oxford Knee Score; KSS: Knee Society Score; FJS: Forgotten Joint Score; UCLA: University of California Los Angeles ...
Costs and effectiveness of pre- and postoperative home physiotherapy for total knee replacement: a randomised controlled trial. Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common effective intervention for knee osteoarthritis (OA) with potential to further improve patient outcomes. There is a lack of evidence ...