2013
Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty
Suter LG, Paltiel AD, Rome BN, Solomon DH, Thornhill TS, Abrams SK, Katz JN, Losina E. Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e62709. PMID: 23671626, PMCID: PMC3646021, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062709.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Medical Device Innovation — Is “Better” Good Enough?
Suter LG, Paltiel AD, Rome BN, Solomon DH, Golovaty I, Gerlovin H, Katz JN, Losina E. Medical Device Innovation — Is “Better” Good Enough? New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 365: 1464-1466. PMID: 22010911, PMCID: PMC3570242, DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1109285.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Medical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis
Suter LG, Fraenkel L, Losina E, Katz JN, Gomoll AH, Paltiel AD. Medical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2009, 61: 1531-1538. PMID: 19877094, PMCID: PMC2804854, DOI: 10.1002/art.24893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArthroscopic partial meniscectomyMeniscal tearsKnee painInternational Knee Documentation Committee scoreMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicatorsObtainable clinical informationDegenerative meniscal tearsIndividuals ages 45Mean incremental gainIKDC scoreNonoperative managementAge 45Preoperative informationPartial meniscectomyClinical informationOsteoarthritisPainTearsLower likelihoodHigher likelihoodAlternative thresholdsMedical decisionsScoresIncremental gainPatients355 DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: CAN THEY BE COST-EFFECTIVE?
Losina E, Niu N, Suter L, Hunter D, Holt H, Gerlovin H, Reichmann W, Solomon D, Walensky R, Paltiel A, Katz J. 355 DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: CAN THEY BE COST-EFFECTIVE? Osteoarthritis And Cartilage 2009, 17: s187-s188. DOI: 10.1016/s1063-4584(09)60377-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research