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01.04.2014 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: How Does Accounting for Worker Productivity Affect the Measured Cost-effectiveness of Lumbar Discectomy?
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Seth S. Leopold, MD
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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 4/2014
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Excerpt
Last month in this space, we spotlighted an unusual cost-utility study, which determined that many MRIs ordered to evaluate adults with hip pain do not return value anywhere close to their cost [
3]. This month, we are pleased to share a project sponsored by our own Academy that took a more “holistic” approach than most surgical cost-effectiveness studies, by including worker productivity on the value side of the equation in the setting of lumbar spine surgery. …