Effectiveness of hip or knee replacement surgery in terms of quality-adjusted life years and costs.

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Concurrent head-to-head comparisons of healthcare interventions regarding cost-utility are rare. The concept of favorable cost-effectiveness of total hip or knee arthroplasty is thus inadequately verified.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Acta Orthop

Title: Acta orthopaedica

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

ISSN: 1745-3674

ISSN (Print): 1745-3674

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2007

Volume: 78

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital Group, Group Administration, P.O. Box 100, HUS 00029, Finland. pirjo.rasanen@hus.fi

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Publisher Item ID: 776344017

DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013501

PubMed ID: 17453401

SO-VID: 6dfc91a1-a107-46ad-aa9c-2356596a8b29

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