Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

The Influence of Income and Race on Total Knee Arthroplasty in the United States

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Skinner JS, Zhou W, Weinstein J

The associations among income, total knee arthroplasty, and underlying rates of knee osteoarthritis are not well understood. We study whether high income Medicare recipients are more likely to have a knee arthroplasty and less likely to suffer from knee osteoarthritis.