Rates of Total Joint Replacement in the United States: Future Projections to 2020-2040 Using the National Inpatient Sample

• Published in: Journal of rheumatology Vol. 46; no. 9; p. 1134
• Main Authors: Singh, Jasvinder A, Yu, Shaohua, Chen, Lang, Cleveland, John D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 01.09.2019
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

To project future total hip and knee joint arthroplasty (THA, TKA) use in the United States to 2040. We used the 2000-2014 US National Inpatient Sample (NIS) combined with Census Bureau data to develop projections for primary THA and TKA from 2020 to 2040 using polynomial regression to account for t...