Cost-effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty versus conservative medical management in the USA.

ABSTRACT: The cost-effectiveness of surgical versus conservative medical management of vertebral compression fractures in the US was analyzed in the context of inpatient versus outpatient treatment. Surgical intervention (balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty) was found to be cost-effective relative to conservative medical management at a US willingness-to-pay threshold.

Introduction

To date, only one published study has evaluated the cost-effectiveness (C/E) of balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) or vertebroplasty (VP) in US Medicare patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. This study further evaluates the C/E of surgical treatment vs. conservative medical management (CMM), expanding on prior modeling by accounting for quality-adjusted life-years gained.

Methods

A Markov mic

SUBMITTER: Hopkins TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661420 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature