Patient Demographics

Information about Orthopaedic Patients and Conditions

In this section, you will see numerous links to tables, charts, and factsheets containing information about the people seen by orthopaedic surgeons. The most recent data available and analyzed from the National Center for Health Statistics is for the year 2005; from the HCUP/Nationwide Inpatient Sample, it is 2005.

Please note that all of the following pages are in PDF format.

Common Orthopaedic Conditions

• Arthritis
• Back Conditions
  • Physician Visits
  • Hospitalizations
• Neck Conditions
  • Physician Visits
  • Hospitalizations
• Fractures
  • Physician Visits
  • Hospitalizations
  • Emergency Room Visits
• Physician Visits For Rotator Cuff Problems
• Common Reasons for Physician Visits
• Common Orthopaedic Symptoms in Emergency Rooms
• Common Orthopaedic Symptoms in Physicians Offices

Common Orthopaedic Procedures

• Joint Replacements (from head to toe)
• Knee Replacements
• Graph of Number of Total Knee Replacements
• Graph of Number of Revision Knee Replacements
• Graph of Average Length of Stay for Knee Replacements
• Graph of Average Hospitalization Costs for Knee Replacements
• Graph of Total Hospitalization Costs for Knee Replacements
• Hip Replacements
  • Graph of Number of Total Hip Replacements
  • Graph of Number of Revision Hip Replacements
  • Graph of Number of Partial Hip Replacements
  • Average Length of Stay for Hip Replacements
  • Average Hospitalization Costs for Hip Replacements
  • Total Hospitalization Costs for Hip Replacements
• Rotator Cuff Repairs
• Spinal Fusions
  • Graph of Number of Spinal Fusion Patients
  • Graph of Number of Spinal Fusion Procedures
  • Graph of Average Hospitalization Costs for Spinal Fusions
  • Graph of Total Hospitalization Costs for Spinal Fusions

The following summary documents were developed to address commonly asked questions related to orthopaedic conditions and procedures.

• How many ACL repairs are done?
• Who has back pain and what does it cost?
• How many people see a doctor for carpal tunnel syndrome?
• How many people see a doctor or go to the ER because of foot and ankle problems?
• What are the most common musculoskeletal reasons people go the doctor?
• What are the most common musculoskeletal reasons people go the Emergency Room?
• What are the most common musculoskeletal procedures and diagnoses for hospitalizations?
• What are the costs to Medicare for musculoskeletal-related conditions?