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Figure 1. “Reproduced with permission from (Porter ME.What Is Value in Health Care? N Engl J Med 2010; 363:2477-2481).2, Copyright Massachusetts Medical Society.
Hip, knee and hand OA are the most common forms of OA. In 2016 the numbers of people suffering from hip and knee OA in the Netherlands were estimated to be 396.500 (139.100 men and 257.400 women) and 571.600 (202.900 men and 368.700 women), respectively.4 Regarding the yearly incidence of OA, in 2016 it was estimated that there were 34.300 patients newly diagnosed with hip OA
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