2013
Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty
Suter LG, Paltiel AD, Rome BN, Solomon DH, Thornhill TS, Abrams SK, Katz JN, Losina E. Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e62709. PMID: 23671626, PMCID: PMC3646021, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062709.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
Suter LG, Fraenkel L, Braithwaite RS. Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 657-667. PMID: 21482840, PMCID: PMC4047037, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioMagnetic resonance imagingStandard risk stratificationCost-effectiveness ratioLifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratioEarly rheumatoid arthritisRisk stratificationRheumatoid arthritisAggressive treatmentResonance imagingBaseline radiographic erosionsRA-related costsEarly RA patientsMonths of diseaseRheumatoid arthritis managementStandard treatment protocolHigh-risk individualsProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDecision analysis modelRadiographic erosionsRA patientsDisease courseArthritis managementMRI specificityClinical markers