Cost-effectiveness in orthopedics: Providing essential information to both physicians and health care policy makers for appropriate allocation of medical resources

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-168

  Dougherty, Christopher P ^a   Howard, Timothy ^a  

^a Agility Center Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effective analysis; cost effectiveness; health care policy; orthopedics; QALY

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELBOW; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIP; HIP ARTHROSCOPY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SEARCH ENGINE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY;

ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883354611     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31829eb848     Document Type: Review

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