Norimitsu Wakao, Takeo Furuya, Toshitaka Yoshii, Hideyuki Arima, Yu Yamato, Hiroaki Nakashima, Shiro Imagama, Yasuaki Imajo, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Gen Inoue, Masayuki Miyagi, Shunsuke Kanbara, Yoichi Iizuka, Hirotaka Chikuda, Kei Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Mikito Tsushima, Masashi Miyazaki, Mitsuru Yagi, Satoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Takahata, Michio Hongo, Masao Koda, Keiji Nagata, Kanji Mori, Akinobu Suzuki, Takashi Kaito, Kenta Murotani, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Mamoru Kawakami, Hirotaka Haro
BACKGROUND: Cervicobrachial pain frequently affects the quality of life (QOL) of the general public and has a significant economic impact on the health care systems of various countries. There are a number of treatment options for this disease, including widely-used drug therapy, but the effectiveness of each option is indeterminate, and there have been no published cost-effectiveness analysis studies so far. This prospective observational study aimed to examine the cost-effectiveness of drug treatment for cervicobrachial symptoms...
December 26, 2023: Journal of Orthopaedic Science: Official Journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association