Impact of a national guideline on use of knee arthroscopy: An interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of the Swedish health authority recommendation against the use of knee arthroscopy in patients aged ≥40 years with knee osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN:Interrupted time series analysis. SETTING:Public health care in Skåne region. PARTICIPANTS:Patients aged ≥40 years who underwent knee arthroscopy from January 2010 to December 2015. INTERVENTION(S):National guideline's recommendation against the use of knee arthroscopy in patients with knee OA. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):1) proportion of patients aged ≥40 years with a main diagnosis of Knee OA and/or degenerative meniscal lesions (DML) who underwent knee arthroscopy, and 2) overall knee arthroscopy rate per 100,000 Skåne population aged ≥40 years. RESULTS:A total of 6,155 knee arthroscopy were performed among people

SUBMITTER: Kiadaliri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076349 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature