Total knee and hip arthroplasty: the reality of assistance in Brazilian public health care

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the number of hospital permits for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) in Brazil between 2008 and 2015, and correlate them with regional, national, and international demographic and epidemiological aspects. Methods: Data on demographics, ec...

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Main Authors: Marcio de Castro Ferreira, Julio Cesar Pinto Oliveira, Flavio Ferreira Zidan, Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Franciozi, Marcus Vinicius Malheiros Luzo, Rene Jorge Abdalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162018000400432&lng=en&tlng=en