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Table 1 The monthly-province level population characteristics; 2014-2018 (N=15729)

From: Physician induced demand for knee replacement surgery in Iran

Years

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Growth rate

Statistics

Mean (SE)

Mean

N

11.03 (2.59)

12.48 (2.66)

14.83 (2.71)

16.27 (3.05)

18.19 (3.19)

64.91%

Pn

1759.54 (75.02)

1793.20 (68.39)

1810.49 (77.04)

1884.47 (61.36)

1940.19 (55.51)

10.27%

Pp

0.19 (0.02)

0.23 (0.02)

0.26 (0.02)

0.32 (0.02)

0.37 (0.02)

94.74%

Pph

1.39 (0.05)

1.44 (0.05)

1.53 (0.05)

1.65 (0.06)

1.88 (0.06)

35.25%

  1. N number of KRS at monthly-province level, Pn cost of each surgery, Pp number of the surgery per 100,000 population, Pph number of the surgery per active physician