Cost Effectiveness of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections Provides Inaccurate Information
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Cost effectiveness of lumbar epidural steroid injections
STUDY DESIGN Longitudinal cohort. OBJECTIVE To determine the cost per quality-adjusted life-year for lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESI). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Despite being a widely performed procedure, there are few studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness of LESIs. METHODS Patients who had received LESI between June 2012 and July 2013 with EuroQOL-5D (EQ-5D) scores availabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: May 2019
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj/2019.22.e245