Net cost savings arising from patient completion of an active self-management program
Maja Gorniak,
Marvin Pardillo,
Catherine Keating
et al.
Abstract:Objective
The objective of this study is to investigate changes in willingness for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery following a randomised control trial (RCT) of an osteoarthritis management program, and to extrapolate orthopaedic cost consequences for private health insurers (PHI).
Methods
Willingness for surgery data from the RCT is analysed using a multinomial logistic regression model. A decision analytic model is used to conduct a break-even cost benefit analysis of the intervention from a PHI payer… Show more
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