A cost consequences analysis of local corticosteroid injection and physiotherapy for the treatment of new episodes of unilateral shoulder pain in primary care

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1447-1451

  James, M ^a   Stokes, E A ^a   Thomas, E ^a   Dziedzic, K ^a   Hay, E M ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Cost consequences analysis; Economic evaluation; Physiotherapy; Primary care; RCT; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744522626     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei043     Document Type: Article

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