BMJ 2008;337:a2656. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2656
Hollinghurst S, Sharp D, Ballard K, Barnett J, Beattie A, Evans M, Lewith G, Middleton K, Oxford F, Webley F, Little P
This analysis of the ATEAM trial demonstrated cost-effectiveness of Alexander lessons for people with chronic back pain, concluding that 6 Alexander lessons followed by exercise prescription was the most cost-effective option of those examined. Unfortunately, no cost-effectiveness analysis of 24 Alexander lessons compared with usual care control was reported, despite the greater clinical effectiveness of 24 lessons versus 6 lessons. In this analysis, only the 6 lesson arm was compared with the usual care control, and the cost-effectiveness of 24 lessons was instead compared with that of 6 lessons. The analysis also experienced a relatively high degree of missing economic data. Nonetheless, it provides the first evidence of cost-effectiveness of Alexander lessons.
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