Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty

Lisa G. Suter; A. David Paltiel; Benjamin N. Rome; Daniel H. Solomon; Thomas S. Thornhill; Stanley K. Abrams; Jeffrey N. Katz; Elena Losina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062709

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Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty

Lisa G. Suter ,

* E-mail: lisa.suter@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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A. David Paltiel,

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Benjamin N. Rome,

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel H. Solomon,

Affiliations Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Thomas S. Thornhill,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stanley K. Abrams,

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffrey N. Katz,

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Elena Losina

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Placing a Price on Medical Device Innovation: The Example of Total Knee Arthroplasty

Lisa G. Suter,
A. David Paltiel,
Benjamin N. Rome,
Daniel H. Solomon,
Thomas S. Thornhill,
Stanley K. Abrams,
Jeffrey N. Katz,
Elena Losina

Published: May 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062709

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