A brief introduction to health economics.

Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2019)

To convince policy-makers or funders of health care of the value of orthopaedic interventions, we need to consider value for money (cost-effectiveness), as well as clinical effectiveness. This article provides an introduction to health economics to set the scene for papers on the use of allografts in the knee.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
mental health
health information
randomized controlled trial
total knee arthroplasty
systematic review
physical activity
knee osteoarthritis
risk assessment
health promotion
human health