The costs and benefits of primary total hip replacement: How likely are new prostheses to be cost-effective?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 743-761

  Briggs, Andrew ^a   Sculpher, Mark ^b   Britton, Annie ^c   Murray, David ^d   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic Models; Economics; Health Care Costs; Hip Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0032433628     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300012058     Document Type: Article

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