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Costs and use of healthcare services among patients with PFPS in the arthroscopy and control groups during the intervention and follow-up period |
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| Number of visits, mean per patient |
Direct healthcare costs (€), mean per patient |
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| Type of utilization |
Cost/visit (€) |
Arthroscopy group |
Control group |
Arthroscopy group |
Control group |
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| Medical specialist care |
174.50 |
1.18 |
1.29 |
205.90 |
225.10 |
| Knee arthroscopy |
1039.00 |
1.00 |
0.11 |
1039.00 |
114.30 |
| Physiotherapy (session of 30 minutes maximum) |
33.50 |
2.11 |
2.25 |
70.70 |
75.40 |
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| Total direct healthcare costs (€), mean per patient |
1315.60 |
414.80 |
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The number of visits includes baseline visit by the orthopedic surgeon and number of visits for the allocated intervention (arthroscopy and physiotherapy). | |||||
Kettunen et al. BMC Medicine 2007 5:38 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-38 |
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