A brief introduction to health economics.
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30729981.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00167-019-05372-y and PMC identifier 6541570.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
- The licence permits redistribution, so the abstract is shown in full and the full text is available from the publisher.
Abstract
To convince policy-makers or funders of health care of the value of orthopaedic interventions, we need to consider value for money (cost-effectiveness), as well as clinical effectiveness. This article provides an introduction to health economics to set the scene for papers on the use of allografts in the knee.
Medical subject headings
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Anatomy
- knee