Interpreting decision-analytic modelling-based economic evaluations in orthopaedics

Journal article

Economic evaluation provides a framework for assessing the costs and consequences of alternative programmes or interventions. One common vehicle for economic evaluations in the healthcare context is the decision-analytic model, which synthesizes information on parameter inputs (for example, probabilities or costs of clinical events or health states) from multiple sources and requires application of mathematical techniques, usually within a software program. A plethora of decision-analytic modelling-based economic evaluations of orthopaedic interventions have been published in recent years. This annotation outlines a number of issues that can help readers, reviewers, and decision-makers interpret evidence from decision-analytic modelling-based economic evaluations of orthopaedic interventions.

Authors: Petrou, S; Png, ME; Metcalfe, D

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
• Journal: Bone and Joint Journal
• Volume: 105-B
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 17-20
• Publication date: 2023-01-01
• Acceptance date: 2022-10-13
• DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.105B1.BJJ-2022-1119
• EISSN: 2049-4408
• ISSN: 2049-4394
• Language: English
• Keywords: FFR