Enhanced recovery following hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review of cost-effectiveness evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess cost-effectiveness of enhanced recovery pathways following total hip and knee arthroplasties. Secondary objectives were to report on quality of studies and identify research gaps for future work.

Design

Systematic review of cost-utility analyses.

Data sources

Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, the National Health Service Economic Evaluations Database and EconLit, January 2000 to August 2019.

Eligibility criteria

English-language peer-reviewed cost-utility analyses of enhanced recovery pathways, or components of one, compared with usual care, in patients having total hip or knee arthroplasties for osteoarthritis.

Data extraction and synthesis

Data extracted by three reviewers with disagreements resolved by a fourth. Study quality assessed using th

SUBMITTER: Pritchard MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044879 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature