The impact of first and second wave of COVID-19 on knee and hip surgeries in Sweden

Abstract Purpose To investigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden on rates of knee and hip surgeries. Methods We used healthcare data for the population of the southernmost region in Sweden (1.4 million inhabitants). We did an interrupted time-series analysis to estimate changes in rates and trends o...

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Main Authors: Andrea Dell’Isola, Ali Kiadaliri, Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Velocity Hughes, Karin Magnusson, Jos Runhaar, Sita Bierma-Zeinstra, Martin Englund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40634-021-00382-7