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Hip and knee replacements improve mobility and quality of life for patients, particularly those who have spent years managing debilitating pain from osteoarthritis. These surgeries are among the top 3 most-performed inpatient surgeries in Canada and are among the procedures deemed priorities for wait-time reductions. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on hospital care in Canada, with CIHI reporting fewer inpatient surgeries done since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, including a large drop in the number of hip and knee replacements.  

Explore information on joint replacements, including reports, indicators and other data on wait times and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). 

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Hospital stays in Canada, 2023–2024

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  • February 20, 2025
Explore the most recent information on inpatient hospitalization, surgery and newborn statistics, including the top reasons for hospital stays and surgeries.

Hip and knee arthroplasty PROMs

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  • April 4, 2025
Learn about the national data collection standards, reporting and licensing for PROMs tools.

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Joint replacement: Reports and releases

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This page lists joint replacement reports, stories, infographics and release summaries.

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Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim

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The analysis in this report assesses the value of hip and knee replacements from the lens of 4 of the 5 elements of the Quintuple Aim.

Wait times for priority procedures in Canada, 2024

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Explore recent trends in volumes and wait times for hip and knee replacements, cataract and cancer surgeries, and diagnostic imaging at national and provincial levels.

Hospital stays in Canada, 2021–2022

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​Explore the most recent information on inpatient hospitalization, surgery and newborn statistics, including the top reasons for hospital stays and surgeries.

Joint replacement: Data tables

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This page lists data tables that provide information about joint replacements.

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Joint replacement: Indicators

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This page lists CIHI’s joint replacement indicators. 

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Hip Replacement Rate

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This indicator measures the hospitalization rate for hip replacement procedures performed in acute care hospitals or same-day surgery facilities per 100,000 population age 18 and older.

Joint Replacement Wait Times

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This indicator provides the percentage of patients in a province who received planned total joint replacements within 26 weeks (182 days) from the date they were ready to be treated.

Knee Replacement Rate

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This indicator measures the age-standardized hospitalization rate for all knee replacement procedures performed in acute care hospitals or same-day surgery facilities per 100,000 population age 18 and older.

Patient Flow for Hip Replacement

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This indicator gives the number of separations (discharges and deaths) from acute care or same-day surgery facilities divided by residents of the region for hip replacement.

Wait Times for Hip Replacement (Percentiles)

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This indicator provides the number of days between the date the patient and the appropriate physician agreed to a total hip replacement and the date the patient received the surgery.

Wait Times for Knee Replacement (Percentiles)

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This indicator provides the number of days between the date the patient and the appropriate physician agreed to a total knee replacement and the date the patient received the surgery.

Joint replacement: Tools

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This page lists CIHI’s performance reporting tools that contain joint replacement data.

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Data Preview for Indicators Tool

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The Data Preview for Indicators web tool is used by stakeholders to review or validate their indicator results before they are made publicly available.

Joint replacement: Data holdings

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This page contains information about CIHI’s joint replacement data holdings. 

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Canadian Joint Replacement Registry metadata

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Find information on data collected in the Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR), including sources, coverage, availability, data elements and data quality information.

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) metadata

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​​​Metadata information on the source, statement of purpose, data coverage, data availability, data elements and data quality of the Patient Reported-Outcome Measures (PROMs).

Wait time metadata

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Metadata on surgical procedure wait times, including hip and knee replacement, hip fracture repair, cataract surgery, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging (MRI and CT scan).

Joint replacement: News and podcasts

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This page contains media releases, bulletins and podcast episodes about joint replacements.

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Going the Distance

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A mother and her seriously ill son travel from Nunavut to Ottawa to a special clinic set up to meet the needs of Inuit families accessing medical care.

Shared Health Priorities indicators, June 2024

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New indicators for 4 priority areas: primary health care; health workforce and surgeries; mental health and substance use; and electronic health information.

Palliative Care in Canada — Bernard Lapointe and Philippe Miquel

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with McGill University professor Bernard Lapointe and documentary filmmaker Philippe Miquel about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

Palliative Care in Canada — Dr. Naheed Dosani

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Naheed Dosani about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Ewan Affleck

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Ewan Affleck about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Surgical Wait Times in Canada — Dr. Etienne Belzile

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Etienne Belzile about the causes of surgical backlogs in Canada and what could be done to fix the problems for the long term.

Joint replacement: Education resources

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