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Clinical and cost outcomes from different hyaluronic acid treatments in patients with knee osteoarthritis: evidence from a US health plan claims database

Authors: Vinod Dasa, Mitch DeKoven, Kainan Sun, Allan Scott, Sooyeol Lim

Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) for knee osteoarthritis (OA) effectively reduces pain and delays total knee replacement (TKR) surgery; however, little is known about relative differences in clinical and cost outcomes among different HA products. In this study, the authors conclude that analysis of administrative claims data provides real-world evidence that meaningful differences exist among some HA products in disease-specific cost and time to knee replacement surgery.

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The non-anticoagulation costs of atrial fibrillation management: findings from an observational study in NHS Primary Care

Authors: George Kassianos, Chris Arden, Simon Hogan, Laura Baldock, Ahmet Fuat

Atrial fibrillation (AF) management represents a significant burden on the UK NHS. In this article the authors review data from 825 patients in routine UK clinical practice and describe the non-anticoagulation costs associated with AF management. Understanding these costs better may help inform future health care planning and policy development.

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Probabilistic data linkage: a case study of comparative effectiveness in COPD

Authors: Christopher M Blanchette, Mitch DeKoven, Ajita P De, Melissa Roberts

In this era of comparative effectiveness research, new, advanced techniques are being investigated by the research community to overcome the limitations of existing data sources. In this article Dr Christopher Blanchette and his co-authors describe the approach of probabilistic data linkage as a means to address this critical issue.

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