The Role of Decision Analytic Modeling in the Health Economic Assessment of Spinal Intervention

摘要

The rising costs of health care delivery pose significant concerns to system viability; thus, improving outcomes while restricting costs is a primary concern of reform efforts around the world. In spinal care delivery, the increased cost and frequency of spine-related procedures has also led to a shift toward delivery of value-based care.1 Health care decision makers are reluctant to support widespread use of spine care interventions without being assured that these investments will result in valuable clinical and economic returns for their organizations.1 Systematic evaluations help decision makers to make trade-offs in a period of financial constraints and when there is a need for optimal resource allocation.