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. 2024 Oct 28;32(5):e276189. doi: 10.1590/1413-785220243205e276189

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.