A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study of the Costs of Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

Background: Studies of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have not evaluated the costs and outcomes in the context of expected arthritis worsening. Objectives: Using a cost-consequence approach, to examine changes in direct health care costs and arthritis severity after TJA for hip/knee arthritis compared with contemporaneous changes in matched controls. Research Design: Case control study nested in a population-based prospective cohort. Subjects:...