Knee Hospitalization Rates Soar

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Knee Hospitalization Rates Soar (Bilione Young @ OTW)
Women and men between the ages of 45 and 64 were two-and-a-half times more likely to be hospitalized for knee replacement surgery in 2009 than they were in 1997, according to a November Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) press release, and reported by Health News Digest.
AHRQ’s analysis of hospital stays for knee replacement surgery from 1997 to 2009 found that the rate for women ages 45 to 64 jumped from 16 to 42 stays per 10,000 individuals, while for men the same age, the rate climbed from 11 to 28 stays per 10,...

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