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Published on 1 de octubre de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.09.3106
Analysis of the surgical waiting list for conditions not covered by the Explicit Health Guarantees in orthopedics and traumatology in Chile
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Number of knee arthroplasty procedures on the surgical waiting list by health service (2022 to 2024).
| O'Higgins | 2626 (10.96%) | 2395 (11.49%) | 2305 (11.35%) | + |
| Del Maule | 2326 (9.71%) | 1739 (8.34%) | 1804 (8.88%) | 0 |
| Viña del Mar-Quillota | 2202 (9.19%) | 1947 (9.34%) | 1486 (7.31%) | + |
| Araucania Sur | 1805 (7.53%) | 1254 (6.01%) | 1253 (6.17%) | + |
| Metropolitano Oriente | 1486 (6.20%) | 1295 (6.21%) | 1223 (6.02%) | + |
| Metropolitano Central | 1469 (6.13%) | 1657 (7.95%) | 1908 (9.39%) | - |
| Metropolitano Occidente | 1316 (5.49%) | 1156 (5.54%) | 1064 (5.24%) | + |
| Metropolitano Sur Oriente | 1245 (5.20%) | 1311 (6.29%) | 1616 (7.95%) | - |
| Del Reloncavi | 941 (3.93%) | 760 (3.64%) | 757 (3.73%) | + |
| Metropolitano Sur | 913 (3.81%) | 647 (3.10%) | 396 (1.95%) | + |
| Coquimbo | 813 (3.39%) | 741 (3.55%) | 645 (3.17%) | + |
| Aconcagua | 807 (3.37%) | 690 (3.31%) | 651 (3.20%) | + |
| Metropolitano Norte | 733 (3.06%) | 828 (3.97%) | 741 (3.65%) | 0 |
| Bio-bio | 716 (2.99%) | 613 (2.94%) | 516 (2.54%) | + |
| Valparaiso-San Antonio | 697 (2.91%) | 385 (1.85%) | 308 (1.52%) | + |
| Osorno | 637 (2.66%) | 563 (2.70%) | 452 (2.22%) | + |
| Tarapaca | 635 (2.65%) | 480 (2.30%) | 475 (2.34%) | + |
| Atacama | 504 (2.10%) | 352 (1.69%) | 286 (1.41%) | + |
| Chiloe | 432 (1.80%) | 418 (2.00%) | 365 (1.80%) | + |
| Concepcion | 361 (1.51%) | 249 (1.19%) | 185 (0.91%) | + |
| Talcahuano | 313 (1.31%) | 237 (1.14%) | 316 (1.56%) | 0 |
| Ñuble | 274 (1.14%) | 174 (0.83%) | 162 (0.80%) | + |
| Antofagasta | 235 (0.98%) | 171 (0.82%) | 252 (1.24%) | 0 |
| Magallanes | 205 (0.86%) | 203 (0.97%) | 215 (1.06%) | 0 |
| Los Rios | 144 (0.60%) | 453 (2.17%) | 778 (3.83%) | - |
| Arica | 82 (0.34%) | 95 (0.46%) | 109 (0.54%) | - |
| Aysen | 39 (0.16%) | 39 (0.19%) | 48 (0.24%) | 0 |
| Arauco | 1 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 |
1 The percentages in parentheses correspond to the proportion that each procedure represents of the total number of surgeries awaiting that year.
2Indicates the temporal progression of the number of cases between 2022 and 2024: the “+” sign corresponds to a sustained increase (2024 > 2023 > 2022), the “–” sign to a sustained decrease (2022 > 2023 > 2024), and “0” is used when no clear trend is observed in that sequence.
Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.