The cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive interventions for knee osteoarthritis: Results from a computer simulation model

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the potential lifetime health gains, healthcare costs, and cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive treatments for knee osteoarthritis delivered in addition to established core treatments, relative to core treatment only, from the perspective of the New Zealand (NZ) healthcare sector.

Design

Recommended adjunctive knee osteoarthritis treatments were identified in clinical practice guidelines. Evidence of effectiveness was sourced from existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Treatment costs were calculated by applying local reference prices to estimated resource use. We used a validated computer simulation model of the impacts of knee osteoarthritis to estimate the cost-effectiveness of each adjunctive treatment at willingness-to-pay thresh

SUBMITTER: Wilson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718247 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature