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01.08.2011 | In Brief
In Brief: Cost-effectiveness Analyses in Orthopaedics
verfasst von:
Patrick Vavken, MD, MSc, Thomas Bianchi, MS
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 8/2011
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Excerpt
Cost-effectiveness has become increasingly important for physicians [
2,
28]. However, cost-effectiveness analyses can vary considerably in quality owing to wide differences in available data on which to base the analyses. Many physicians do not have sufficient knowledge of economic analysis and access to relevant databases to appraise and interpret economic analyses, whereas economists and policymakers lack the clinical insight physicians have acquired during the years. …