Cost effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty from a health care providers' perspective before and after introduction of an interdisciplinary clinical pathway - is investment always improvement?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective, but also cost-intensive health care intervention for end stage osteoarthritis. This investigation was designed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of TKA before versus after introduction...

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Main Authors: Krummenauer Frank, Guenther Klaus-Peter, Kirschner Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/338