The quality-of-life burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand adults: A model-based evaluation.

Knee osteoarthritis is a leading global cause of health-related quality of life loss. The aim of this project was to quantify health losses arising from knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand (NZ) in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost.The Osteoarthritis Policy Model (OAPol), a validated M...

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Main Authors: J Haxby Abbott, Ilana M Usiskin, Ross Wilson, Paul Hansen, Elena Losina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5655469?pdf=render