Lifetime Medical Costs of Knee Osteoarthritis Management in the United States: Impact of Extending Indications for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Losina E, Paltiel AD, Weinstein AM, Yelin E, Hunter DJ, Chen SP, Klara K, Suter LG, Solomon DH, Burbine SA, Walensky RP, Katz JN. Lifetime Medical Costs of Knee Osteoarthritis Management in the United States: Impact of Extending Indications for Total Knee Arthroplasty. Arthritis Care & Research 2015, 67: 203-215. PMID: 25048053, PMCID: PMC4422214, DOI: 10.1002/acr.22412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyDirect medical costsOA patientsKnee osteoarthritisMedical costsKnee arthroplastyTKA utilizationEligibility criteriaEffective nonoperative therapiesKellgren/LawrenceKnee osteoarthritis managementKnee OA patientsSymptomatic knee osteoarthritisMulticenter Osteoarthritis StudyLifetime costsUtilization Project dataOsteoarthritis Policy ModelLifetime direct medical costsLifetime medical costsHealth care costsMedicare reimbursement schedulesTotal lifetime costsNonoperative therapySymptomatic osteoarthritisOsteoarthritis management