Economic evaluations and Randomized trials in spinal disorders: Principles and methods:principles and methods

STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive methodologic recommendations. OBJECTIVE: To help researchers designing, conducting, and reporting economic evaluations in the field of back and neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Economic evaluations of both existing and new therapeutic interventions are becoming increasingly important. There is a need to improve the methods of economic evaluations in the field of spinal disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To improve the methods of economic evaluations in the field of spinal disorders, this article describes the various steps in an economic evaluation, using as exam... Mehr ...