The Arthritis Cost In Canada

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rthritis is the main reason for consultation with the family doctor for people over 65 years.

Arthritis and its related illnesses result in annual cost $ 17.8 million, and those costs are increasing (ICES 2004).

The long-term disability account for almost 80% of the economic costs of arthritis in 1998, nearly $ 3.4 million. The group of 35-64 years has generated its own 70% of these expenditures.

Musculoskeletal diseases accounted for 10.3% of total economic burden of disease, but have been only 1.3% of health research.

Arthritis contributes to waiting lists for replacement of articulation in a proportion of 80 to 90%. The waiting time for surgery to replace a relationship far exceeds all other periods in Canada.

Surgeries replacement joints are made at an earlier age, especially increasing the risk of having to make a second replacement.

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