Disease burden of knee osteoarthritis patients with a joint replacement compared to matched controls: a population-based analysis of a Dutch medical claims database

Objective: On a population level, the incidence of knee prostheses (KPs) has increased, but excess health care costs per patient, compared to matched controls without a KP, in the years surrounding these procedures and their determinants are largely unknown. We therefore aimed to provide estimates of age-and sex-specific incidence of KPs, revision KPs, and prosthesis complications in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine excess health care costs in the years surrounding surgery compared with matched controls. Methods: All KPs in OA patients in the Achmea Health Database were... Mehr ...