Osteoarthritis of knees: the disease burden in Hong Kong and means to alleviate it

To alleviate this problem, the Hong Kong Government and the Hospital Authority have injected extra resources to establish two joint replacement centres, one in the Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital and the other in the Yan Chai Hospital. Following TKR moreover, high-volume hospital throughput appears to b...

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Published in:Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi 2014-02, Vol.20 (1), p.5-6
Main Author: Yuen, W H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Arthritis
Exercise Therapy - methods
Health care policy
Hospitals
Humans
Joint replacement surgery
Knee
Older people
Orthopedics
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, Knee - therapy
Pain
Patients
Public health
Quality of life
Surgeons
Systematic review
White people
Womens health
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Summary:To alleviate this problem, the Hong Kong Government and the Hospital Authority have injected extra resources to establish two joint replacement centres, one in the Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital and the other in the Yan Chai Hospital. Following TKR moreover, high-volume hospital throughput appears to be negatively associated with mortality rates and positively associated with implant survivorship.15 16 Although the waiting times in Queen Elizabeth and Yan Chai hospitals have been markedly shortened, the two joint replacement centres cannot relieve the problem of long waiting list in other regional hospitals. The current public health care service is heavily subsidised by the Government, and the public always complain about the long waiting time for medical services in public hospitals.
ISSN:1024-2708
2226-8707
DOI:10.12809/hkmj134191