Abstract

These large projected increases in demand for total hip and knee arthroplasties provide a quantitative basis for future policy decisions related to the numbers of orthopaedic surgeons needed to perform these procedures and the deployment of appropriate resources to serve this need.

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Poisson regressionMedicineCensusPopulationOrthopedic surgeryArthroplastyTotal hip replacementSurgeryEnvironmental health

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Year
2007
Type
article
Volume
89
Issue
4
Pages
780-785
Citations
6823
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Steven M. Kurtz, Kevin Ong, Edmund Lau et al. (2007). Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery , 89 (4) , 780-785. https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.f.00222

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10.2106/jbjs.f.00222