Podcast 47: Total knee arthroplasty’s cost-effectiveness — a conversation with Elena Losina

Who knew that discussing QALYs could be so enjoyable? Dr. Elena Losina guides the interviewer through the thicket of cost-effectiveness and points to resources that keep track of the cost-effectiveness of most procedures. This is all done in the context of discussing her paper in Archives of Internal Medicine on total knee arthroplasty. This week’s links:

• Offer High School Students HIV Testing, CDC Reiterates
• Fibrinolysis for STEMI Should Be Followed by Transfer and PCI
• Bone-Density Monitoring After Starting Bisphosphonates ‘Cannot Be Justified’
• Providers Often Fail to Inform Patients of Abnormal Test Results

Interview links:

• Total Knee Replacement Found Cost-Effective Across Risk Categories
• Peter Neumann’s registry of cost-effectiveness studies
• World Health Organization site on cost-effectiveness

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