Study protocol of an economic evaluation of an extended implementation strategy for the treatment of low back pain in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Denmark, guidelines on low back pain management are currently being implemented; in association with this, a clinical trial is conducted. A health economic evaluation is carried out alongside the clinical trial to assess the cost-effectiveness of an extended implementation strategy to increase the general practitioners' adherence to the guidelines. In addition to usual dissemination, the extended implementation strategy is composed of visits from a guideline facilitator, stratification tools, and feedback on guideline adherence. The aim of this paper is to provide the considerations on the design of the health economic evaluation.

Methods/design

The economic evaluation is carried out alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial consisting of 60 general pract

SUBMITTER: Jensen CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4198798 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature