The OMENS trial: opportunistic evaluation of musculo-skeletal physician care among orthopaedic outpatients unlikely to require surgery

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. The authors concluded that no differences in health gain were detected between patients that were treated by either a musculoskeletal medicine physician or an orthopaedic surgeon-led service, while cost savings were found in the group treated by musculoskeletal medicine.