Titre :
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Trends in total knee replacement surgeries and implications for public health, 1990-2000. (2005)
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Auteurs :
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Chetna MEHROTRA ;
Richard MILLER ;
Timothy-S NAIMI ;
Patrick-L REMINGTON ;
William WASHINGTON
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Public health reports (vol. 120, n° 3, 2005)
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Pagination :
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278-282
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Thérapeutique chirurgicale
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Chirurgie
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Tendance séculaire
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Prothèse
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Genou
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Economie santé
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Thérapeutique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 1CuMR0xe. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. Total joint replacements are important surgical interventions for treating severe arthritis of weight-bearing joints. The most common indication for total knee replacement (TKR) is osteoarthritis of the knee joint. The goals of this study were to assess the trend in rate of TKR in Wisconsin and to describe the economic impact of these surgical procedures on the health care system. Method. A population-based cross-sectional study of TKR surgeries was conducted among Wisconsin residents aged>=45 years. The Wisconsin inpatient hospital discharge data from 1990 through 2000 were used. Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population, and charges for TKR were adjusted for inflation. Results. From 1990 through 2000, the age-adjusted rate for TKR increased by 81.5% (from 162 to 294 per 100,000 ; p
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