Rates of Total Joint Replacement in the United States: Future Projections to 2020–2040 Using the National Inpatient Sample

From the Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center; Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This work is supported by research funds from the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the resources and use of facilities at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The funding body did not play any role in the study design or in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor, Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS is the editor and Director of the UAB Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Satellite Center on Network Metaanalysis. J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama; S. Yu, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; L. Chen, PhD, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; J.D. Cleveland, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama. Address correspondence to J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com. Accepted for publication November 13, 2018.

From the Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center; Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This work is supported by research funds from the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the resources and use of facilities at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The funding body did not play any role in the study design or in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor, Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS is the editor and Director of the UAB Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Satellite Center on Network Metaanalysis. J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama; S. Yu, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; L. Chen, PhD, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; J.D. Cleveland, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama. Address correspondence to J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com. Accepted for publication November 13, 2018.

From the Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center; Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This work is supported by research funds from the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the resources and use of facilities at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The funding body did not play any role in the study design or in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor, Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS is the editor and Director of the UAB Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Satellite Center on Network Metaanalysis. J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama; S. Yu, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; L. Chen, PhD, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; J.D. Cleveland, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama. Address correspondence to J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com. Accepted for publication November 13, 2018.

From the Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center; Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. This work is supported by research funds from the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the resources and use of facilities at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The funding body did not play any role in the study design or in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Annual Meeting Planning Committee; Chair of the ACR Meet-the-Professor, Workshop and Study Group Subcommittee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS is the editor and Director of the UAB Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Satellite Center on Network Metaanalysis. J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama; S. Yu, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; L. Chen, PhD, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama; J.D. Cleveland, MS, Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama. Address correspondence to J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com. Accepted for publication November 13, 2018.