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Cost-effectiveness of a supplementary class-based exercise program in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2006

Gerry Richardson ,
Neil Hawkins ,
Christopher James McCarthy ,
Pauline Mary Mills ,
Rachel Pullen ,
Christopher Roberts ,
Alan Silman  and
Jacqueline Ann Oldham
Gerry Richardson
Affiliation:
University of York
Neil Hawkins
Affiliation:
University of York
Christopher James McCarthy
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Pauline Mary Mills
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Rachel Pullen
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Christopher Roberts
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Alan Silman
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Jacqueline Ann Oldham
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a class-based exercise program supplementing a home-based program when compared with a home-based program alone. In addition, we estimated the probability that the supplementary class program is cost-effective over a range of values of a decision maker's willingness to pay for an additional quality-adjusted life-year (QALY).

Methods: The resource use and effectiveness data were collected as part of the clinical trial detailed elsewhere. Unit costs were estimated from published sources. The net benefit approach to cost-effectiveness analysis is used to estimate the probability of the intervention being cost-effective.

Results: The addition of a supplementary class-based group results in an increase in QALYs and lower costs. For all plausible values of a decision maker's willingness to pay for a QALY, the supplementary class group is likely to be cost-effective.

Conclusions: The addition of a class-based exercise program is likely to be cost-effective and, on current evidence, should be implemented.

Keywords

Cost-effectivenessQALYOsteoarthritisExercise program
Type
GENERAL ESSAYS
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 84 - 89
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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