Methodology of economic evaluations in spine surgery: a systematic review and qualitative assessment.
Ruud DroeghaagValérie N E SchuermansSem M M HermansAnouk Y J M SmeetsInge J M H CaelersMickaël J C HiligsmannSilvia EversWouter L W van HemertHenk van SantbrinkPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
The comparability of economic evaluations in spine surgery is extremely low due to different study designs, follow-up duration and outcome measurements such as utility, effectiveness and costs. This illustrates the need for uniformity in conducting and reporting economic evaluations in spine surgery.