Publications by authors named "Linn Kleven"
Article Synopsis
- The study was a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing regular care and regular care with videoconference consultations for patients with spinal cord injuries and pressure injuries.
- The main objective was to analyze cost-utility, while secondary goals included comparing transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions between both groups.
- Results showed that the videoconference group incurred significantly higher costs with only minor gains in quality-adjusted life years, leading to a high incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, and no significant differences in quality of life or transportation-related costs.
Objective: The aim was to evaluate the cost-utility of a 3-month multimodal occupational therapy intervention in addition to usual care in patients with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC1 OA).
Methods: A cost-utility analysis was performed alongside a multicentre randomised controlled trial including three rheumatology departments in Norway. A total of 180 patients referred to surgical consultation due to CMC1 OA were randomised to either multimodal occupational therapy including patient education, hand exercises, assistive devices and orthoses (n=90), or usual care receiving only information on OA (n=90).
Aim: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of surgical treatment with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) compared with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with a locking plate for patients 65-85 years old with a displaced proximal humerus fracture.
Methods: A cost-utility analysis was conducted alongside a multicenter randomized controlled trial, taking a health care perspective. A total of 124 patients with displaced proximal humerus fractures were randomized to treatment with RTSA (n = 64) or ORIF (n = 60) during a 2-year period.
Rationale, Aims, And Objective: Telemedicine applications, such as a mobile radiography service, provide a new way of organizing healthcare services. In order to provide safe and personalised care for nursing home residents during X-ray examinations, mobile radiography services have been implemented. The objective of this study was to analyse the costs of X-ray examinations and treatments for nursing home residents when comparing hospital-based imaging with a combination of hospital-based imaging and a mobile radiography service in Southeast Norway.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of a wound support network model between the primary home care service and the hospital. The impact on wound healing rate, cost benefit, and transfer of knowledge was investigated.
Intervention: The intervention group was exposed to a wound support network (n = 32), and the control group continued standard organization of treatment (n = 21).