hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
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Among the 147 sampled centres, the majority were local hospitals. The percentage of private<br />
accredited providers was 31.29%, 3.40% were Clinical Research Centres (IRCCS) and 65.31%<br />
were Public Hospital Services (Figure 5.1). In the 721 centres of the INHS, the number of procedures<br />
performed for “primary total <strong>knee</strong> replacement” during 2006 was 49.484 and 2.745 for “revision<br />
<strong>knee</strong> replacement”. In the 147 centres sampled the number of procedures performed during<br />
2006 for primary and revision surgery were 12.293 and 699 respectively.<br />
Table 5.1: Regional distribution of the random sample.<br />
Region Total centres Sampled centres<br />
Piemonte 44 9<br />
Valle d'Aosta 1 1<br />
Lombardia 113 19<br />
P.A. Bolzano 9 4<br />
P.A. Trento 6 1<br />
Veneto 36 8<br />
Friuli Venezia Giulia 17 4<br />
Liguria 15 4<br />
Emilia Romagna 50 10<br />
Toscana 44 9<br />
Umbria 14 4<br />
Marche 17 5<br />
Lazio 90 13<br />
Abruzzo 25 6<br />
Molise 6 3<br />
Campania 65 11<br />
Puglia 39 8<br />
Basilicata 6 3<br />
Calabria 22 6<br />
Sicilia 80 14<br />
Sardegna 22 5<br />
Total 721 47<br />
Source: analysis by Agenas on returned questionnaires