Health-economic evaluation of meniscus tear treatments: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the overall evidence of published health-economic evaluation studies on meniscus tear treatment.

Methods

Our systematic review focuses on health-economic evaluation studies of meniscus tear treatment interventions found in PubMed and Embase databases. A qualitative, descriptive approach was used to analyze the studies' results and systematically report them following PRISMA guidelines. The health-economic evaluation method for each included study was categorized following one of the four approaches: partial economic evaluation (PEE), cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis (CBA), or cost-utility analysis (CUA). The quality of each included study was assessed using the Consensus on Health Economic Criteria (CHEC) list. Comparisons of input

SUBMITTER: Deviandri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10435400 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature