Has reimbursement for knee osteoarthritis treatments now reached 'postfact' status?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 1510-1511

  Orchard, John ^a   Moen, Maarten H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NOC NSF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; economics; knee; osteoarthritis; platelet rich plasma

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85026348116     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097605     Document Type: Editorial

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