The societal and economic value of rotator cuff repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although rotator cuff disease is a common musculoskeletal problem in the United States, the impact of this condition on earnings, missed workdays, and disability payments is largely unknown. This study examines the value of surgical treatment for full-thickness rotator cuff tears from a societal perspective.

Methods

A Markov decision model was constructed to estimate lifetime direct and indirect costs associated with surgical and continued nonoperative treatment for symptomatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears. All patients were assumed to have been unresponsive to one six-week trial of nonoperative treatment prior to entering the model. Model assumptions were obtained from the literature and data analysis. We obtained estimates of indirect costs using national s

SUBMITTER: Mather RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3821158 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature