Context Understanding the incidence and subsequent mortality following hip fracture is
essential to measuring population health and the value of improvements in health care. …

The supracondylar fracture of the distal humerus is the most common pediatric fracture in the
elbow. This systematic review summarizes the existing data about the effect of medial and …

Background: The choice of therapy for a displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture has long
been a source of uncertainty in orthopaedic surgery, both in terms of the impact of the …

Objective: The Panel on Cost‐Effectiveness in Health and Medicine recommended the
compilation of a catalog of health state utility weights for use in cost‐utility analyses (CUAs), and …

Background: The rising cost of health care has increased the need for the orthopaedic community
to understand and apply economic evaluations. We critically reviewed the literature on …

Worldwide, programs dealing with musculoskeletal health are required to set priorities and
allocate resources within the constraint of limited funding. There is increasing pressure for …

Background and purpose Recent meta-analyses have suggested similar wound infection
rates when using single- or multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis in the operative management …

Background The Ponseti method of congenital idiopathic clubfoot correction has traditionally
specified plaster of Paris (POP) as the cast material of choice; however, there are negative …

Background: The role and timing of microsurgical reconstruction of the brachial plexus in
infants who have no signs of biceps recovery within the first six months of life is controversial. …

Objective: To investigate the quality and completeness of clinical and economic data in
dossiers submitted by drug companies to a health plan using Academy of Managed Care …