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01-03-2014 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5

Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hip: Poor Cost Utility for Treatment of Adult Patients With Hip Pain

Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2014

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The pressure to justify medical tools and interventions in terms of their cost effectiveness intensifies with each passing year. Generally, our specialty has responded with good-quality research demonstrating that orthopaedic interventions do not just add quality to patients’ years [3, 4], they also justify society’s investments in those interventions [2, 5]. …

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Title: Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hip: Poor Cost Utility for Treatment of Adult Patients With Hip Pain
Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publication date: 01-03-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3444-2

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