Projected Economic Burden of Periprosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip and Knee in the United States

In addition to the significant morbidity and mortality associated with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), the cost of treating PJI is substantial. Prior high-quality national estimates of the economic burden of PJI utilize data up to 2009 to project PJI growth in the United States through 2020. N...

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Published in:	The Journal of arthroplasty Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1484 - 1489.e3
Main Authors:	Premkumar, Ajay, Kolin, David A., Farley, Kevin X., Wilson, Jacob M., McLawhorn, Alexander S., Cross, Michael B., Sculco, Peter K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2021
Subjects:	economic burden healthcare cost prosthetic joint infection total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty healthcare cost economic burden prosthetic joint infection
ISSN:	0883-5403, 1532-8406, 1532-8406
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