Is total ankle arthroplasty a cost-effective alternative to ankle fusion?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1721-1727

  Courville, Xan F ^a,b   Hecht, Paul J ^a   Tosteson, Anna N A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 79959547506     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-1848-4     Document Type: Article

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