Most Frequent Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2010.

Statistical Brief #149

July 9, 2013, Issue #387

AHRQ Stats

Hospitalization rates of patients undergoing knee replacement roughly doubled between 1997 and 2010 – from 329,000 to 730,000 per 10,000 population. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #149, Most Frequent Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2010.)