International variation in hip replacement rates.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To summarise epidemiological data on the frequency of hip replacements in the countries of the developed world, especially in countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and to investigate whether missing consensus criteria for the indication for total hip replacement (THR) result in different replacement rates. METHODS:Country-specific hip replacement rates were collected using the available literature, different data sources of national authorities, and estimates of leading hip replacement manufacturers. RESULTS:According to administrative and literature data sources the reported crude primary THR rate varied between 50 and 130 procedures/100000 inhabitants in OECD countries in the 1990s. The crude overall hip implantation rate, summarising T

SUBMITTER: Merx H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1754456 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature