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Table 2 Total treatment costs applied in the economic analysis (US$)

From: Cooled radiofrequency ablation of the genicular nerves for chronic pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee: a cost-effectiveness analysis compared with intra-articular hyaluronan injections based on trial data

 

Base case

Scenario in-office GNB and HA

CRFA procedure

US$1872 (OP)

US$1872 (OP)

HA procedure

US$875 (OP)

US$648 (IO)

GNB

US$710 (OP)

US$218 (IO)

  1. GNB costs are only applied in the CRFA arm, in line with clinical practice
  2. Abbreviations: CRFA Cooled radiofrequency ablation, GNB Genicular nerve block, HA Hyaluronan, IO In-office, OP Outpatient