The projected burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand: healthcare expenditure and total joint replacement provision.

CONCLUSION: The healthcare burden of knee OA will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. Public health measures to reduce further increases in population obesity rates would contribute to slowing this rising burden. PMID: 31581182 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research