RESULTS
Utility Scores
The utility score of patients who received
Euflexxa improved by 0.145 QALY, increasing
from 0.482 QALY before treatment to 0.627
QALY after treatment at 6 months (Table 2).
Utility scores for Synvisc improved to 0.685
QALY post-treatment from 0.561 QALY
pre-treatment for a mean change of 0.124
QALY. Supartz utility scores changed by 0.098
QALY, going from 0.609 QALY at baseline to
0.707 QALY after treatment, while Durolane
improved from a mean of 0.609 QALY to 0.693
QALY following treatment, an increase of 0.085
QALY. Finally, Hyalgan on average improved to
0.750 QALY from 0.677 QALY following
treatment, a change of 0.073 QALY.