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The primary aim is to assess whether individualised (early) patient-directed rehabilitation (EPDR) results in less shoulder pain and disability at 12 weeks postrandomisation following surgical repair of full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff of the shoulder compared with the current standard (delayed) rehabilitation. This paper provides the protocol for the RaCeR 2 health economic evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The health economic analysis of RaCeR 2 is made up of three phases: (1) development of an initial state-transition model structure, (2) within-trial cost consequence analysis and (3) long-term model-based cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) from the National Health Service and Personal Social Service perspective in England. 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