Reduction of routine use of radiography in patients with ankle fractures leads to lower costs and has no impact on clinical outcome: an economic evaluation

• Main Authors: P. van Gerven (Author), J. M. van Dongen (Author), S. M. Rubinstein (Author), M. F. Termaat (Author), M. El Moumni (Author), W. P. Zuidema (Author), P. Krijnen (Author), I. B. Schipper (Author), M. W. van Tulder (Author), on behalf of the WARRIOR study group (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a reduction in the number of routine radiographs in the follow-up of patients with ankle fractures. Methods We performed an economic evaluation alongside the multicentre, randomised WARRIOR trial. Participants were randomised to a reduced ima...