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.