Cost-effectiveness of shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis and rotator cuff tear arthropathy. An economic analysis using real-world data.

Autor: Flinkkilä T; Oulu University Hospital and MRC Oulu, Surgery, Kajaanintie 50, 90029 Oulu, Finland. Electronic address: Tapio.Flinkkila@ppshp.fi., Vähäkuopus M; Oulu University Hospital and MRC Oulu, Surgery, Kajaanintie 50, 90029 Oulu, Finland., Sirniö K; Oulu University Hospital and MRC Oulu, Surgery, Kajaanintie 50, 90029 Oulu, Finland., Falkenbach P; Oulu University Hospital, Finnish Coordinating Center for Health Technology Assessment, Oulu, Finland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR [Orthop Traumatol Surg Res] 2024 Sep; Vol. 110 (5), pp. 103852. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2024.103852
Abstrakt: Introduction: This study aimed to assess cost-effectiveness of shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis (OA) and rotator cuff tear arthropathy (CTA) from the perspective of a publicly funded health care system using patient data, health utilities and costs from a real-world situation.
Hypothesis: Our hypothesis was that arthroplasty for OA is more cost-effective than for CTA.
Material and Methods: We gathered a cohort of patients with 153 anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) for OA and 107 reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) for CTA between years 2016-2020 at a university hospital. Short-term (mean 2.8years) shoulder function, health utilities and costs were obtained from prospectively collected data, and a Markov cohort simulation was carried out to assess lifetime cost-utility. The primary outcome measures were change in 15D score to calculate gain in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and change in Western Ontario osteoarthritis score of the shoulder (WOOS).
Results: Both TSA and RSA restored shoulder function well, WOOS improvement was 59.7 (95% CI: 56.2-63.2) and 55.8 (95% CI: 50.4-61.2), respectively. The cost/QALY gained was 20,846.82 € for TSA and 38,711.90 € for RSA. The cost-utility was not remarkable sensitive to costs, discounting of future costs or estimated revision rates. However, the cost-effectiveness was very sensitive to change in 15D health utility scores and thus QALY gain, especially for RSA patients.
Discussion: Shoulder arthroplasty restores shoulder function well in both OA and CTA. In health economic terms, RSA is less cost-effective than TSA in an everyday setting, mainly due to inferior improvement of health-related quality-of-life and reduced life expectancy of CTA patients.
Level of Evidence: III; case series.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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