TABLE II.

Decision Model Cost Inputs^*

Cost Item	Initial Fixation				Complications
	Hook Plate	Suture Button	Allograft	Nonoperative	Revision for Loss of Reduction	Removal of Implant
Health-care management ($)
Surgical center costs	2,803	2,803	3,822	108	2,803	994
Surgeon fees	598	598	688	227	598	649
Anesthesia fees	158	158	203	0	221	155
Total surgical costs	3,559	3,559	4,713	335	3,622	1,798
Societal
No. of wk of disutility	12	6	6	6	6	1
Cost of disutility/wk ($)	957	957	957	957	957	957
Total societal cost ($)	11,484	5,742	5,742	5,742	5,742	957
Total cost, baseline and societal ($)	15,043	9,301	10,455	6,077	9,364	2,755

^*Costs are rounded to the nearest dollar. Cost inputs were calculated for each node of the decision model. In the decision-tree model, total costs for secondary surgical procedures were added to the total costs already incurred by the index procedure.