Key result
Two systems-based strategies to expedite hip fracture surgery (adding on-call medical evaluation and an on-call operating room team) were cost-effective, with ICERs of $2,318 and $43,153 per QALY.
Why the study?
Are systems-based strategies to expedite surgical treatment of hip fractures cost-effective?
Population
Patients with hip fractures
Comparison
Systems-based strategies to expedite surgical… vs Standard care (delayed surgical repair)
Design
Editorial
Authors
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Systems-based strategies to expedite surgical repair of hip fractures, such as funding on-call hospitalists and operating room teams, appear to be cost-effective from a hospital administration perspective.
Are systems-based strategies to expedite surgical treatment of hip fractures cost-effective?
Effect estimate: ICER $2318 and $43,153 per QALY
Systems-based strategies to expedite surgical repair of hip fractures, such as funding on-call hospitalists and operating room teams, appear to be cost-effective from a hospital administration perspective.
Mininder S. Kocher (2011) conducted an editorial in Hip fracture. Systems-based strategies to expedite surgical repair vs. Standard care was evaluated on Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per QALY (ICER $2318 and $43,153 per QALY). Two systems-based strategies to expedite hip fracture surgery (adding on-call medical evaluation and an on-call operating room team) were cost-effective, with ICERs of $2,318 and $43,153 per QALY.
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