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. 2010 Feb;25(2):191-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.12.009. Epub 2009 Feb 4.

The cost-effectiveness of routine follow-up after primary total hip arthroplasty

Katharina Maria Dorothea Bolz  1 , Ross W Crawford, Bill Donnelly, Sarah L Whitehouse, Nicholas Graves
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The cost-effectiveness of routine follow-up after primary total hip arthroplasty

Katharina Maria Dorothea Bolz et al. J Arthroplasty. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

Routine postsurgery assessment of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) is recommended in many countries. Whether the benefits of this activity are justified by the costs is not known. We used a decision-analytic Markov model to compare the costs and health outcomes of 3 different follow-up strategies after primary THA. If there is no routine follow-up of patients for 7 years after primary THA, there would be cost savings between AU$6.5 and $11.9 million and gains of between 1.8 and 8.8 quality-adjusted life years. Policy makers should investigate less resource-intensive alternatives to common routine postsurgical assessment.

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