The cost-effectiveness of routine follow-up after primary total hip arthroplasty


Autoria(s): Merollini, Katharina; Crawford, Ross W.; Donnelly, Bill; Whitehouse, Sarah L.; Graves, Nicholas
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

Routine postsurgery assessment of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) is recommended in many countries. Whether the benefits of this activity are justified by the costs is not known. We used a decision-analytic Markov model to compare the costs and health outcomes of 3 different follow-up strategies after primary THA. If there is no routine follow-up of patients for 7 years after primary THA, there would be cost savings between AU$6.5 and $11.9 million and gains of between 1.8 and 8.8 quality-adjusted life years. Policy makers should investigate less resource-intensive alternatives to common routine postsurgical assessment.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27440/

Publicador

Elsevier

Relação

DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2008.12.009

Merollini, Katharina, Crawford, Ross W., Donnelly, Bill, Whitehouse, Sarah L., & Graves, Nicholas (2009) The cost-effectiveness of routine follow-up after primary total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty, 25(2), pp. 191-196.

Fonte

Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Engineering Systems; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #140208 Health Economics #110314 Orthopaedics #Total hip arthroplasty #Follow-up #Economic analysis #Cost-effectiveness #Markov model #Cohort simulation
Tipo

Journal Article