Modelled cost-effectiveness analysis of the Support and Treatment After Replacement (STAR) care pathway for chronic pain after total knee replacement compared with usual care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study was to estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of the Support and Treatment After Replacement (STAR) care pathway for chronic pain after total knee replacement compared with usual postoperative care.

Methods

Study design: A decision-analytic (cohort Markov) model was used for the simulation with time dependent annual transition probabilities and a time horizon of five years.

Setting

Patients treated by National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England and Wales.

Study population

Adults classified as having chronic pain three months after undergoing a total knee replacement.

Intervention

The STAR care pathway following a total knee replacement.

Comparator

Usual postoperative care following a total knee replacement

SUBMITTER: Cole S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11010279 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature