Medical and surgical comanagement after elective hip and knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial

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 use of hospitalists for the management of patients undergoing primary or revision total knee or hip arthroplasties led to fewer complications in comparison with standard care. No reductions in costs were observed, but there was a significant trend towards shorter inpatient stay in the adjusted analysis.