Researchers analyzed individual inpatient data from Germany and the United States to study the rates of knee and hip replacement surgeries in the two countries between 2005 and 2011.
According to the findings, knee replacement surgery was performed 1.5 times as frequently in the United States as in Germany, however, hip replacement surgery was performed 1.4 times as frequently in Germany as in the United States
Also, the number of elective primary hip replacement operations in Germany grew by 11 percent, from 140,000 to 155,300. After correction for demographic changes, a 3 percent increase remained. At the same time, the rate of elective primary hip replacement surgery in the United States rose by 28 percent from 79 to 96 per 100 000 population, with a 13 percent increase remaining after correction for demographic changes.
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