Projections of total hip replacement in Sweden from 2013 to 2030

The continuously increasing demand for joint replacement surgery in the past decades imposes higher constraints on the budgets of hospitals and healthcare providers. We undertook an analysis of historical trends in total hip replacement performed in Sweden between 1968 and 2012 in order to provide projections of future demand.We obtained data on total hip replacements registered every year and on the evolution of the Swedish population between...