Registry cost description of carpal tunnel release in Finland in 2011-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this study, we evaluated the amount of public funds spent on the operative treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Finland in 2011-2015.

Design

A registry-based cost burden study.

Setting

The data were collected in primary and secondary care in both private and public hospitals, covering the whole population of Finland.

Participants

We collected the total number of patients with new CTS diagnoses and the total number of patients undergoing surgery from the Care Register for Health Care, Finland's national register.

Interventions

Open carpal tunnel release (OCTR).

Outcome measures

We collected the costs of the OCTR procedure from diagnosis-related group prices. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland provided the total amount

SUBMITTER: Lampainen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227770 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature