Table 3. Cost-effectiveness for improving lumbar spine pain after epidural injection.
Number of patients | Pain improvement | Cost of X | Disease |
---|---|---|---|
45 | 4.33 | 73.63 | Overall Average |
4 | 4.50 | 79.36 | Facet Degeneration |
11 | 2.09 | 116.94 | Discopathy |
16 | 5.25 | 51.81 | Stenosis |
10 | 4.90 | 61.94 | Hernia |
4 | 5.25 | 65.32 | Spondylolisthesis |
Cost of X: cost needed to improve one point on the visual analog scale.