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Published on 24 de septiembre de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.08.3111
Observational study of the profile of patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty in Chilean public hospitals funded through Diagnosis-Related Groups, from 2019 to 2023
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The 25 hospitals with the highest amount of knee arthroplasty during the study period.
| La Florida Metropolitan Clinical Hospital, Dr. Eloísa Díaz Inzunza (Santiago, La Florida) | 1081 | 39 | 4.43 |
| Dr. César Garavagno Burotto Hospital (Talca) | 815 | 47 | 3.34 |
| El Carmen Metropolitan Clinical Hospital Dr. Luis Valentín Ferrada (Santiago, Maipú) | 696 | 31 | 2.85 |
| Dr. Sótero del Río Hospital Complex (Santiago, Puente Alto) | 614 | 34 | 2.52 |
| San Pablo Hospital (Coquimbo) | 585 | 9 | 2.40 |
| San José Hospital Complex (Santiago, Independencia) | 557 | 28 | 2.28 |
| Las Higueras Hospital (Talcahuano) | 409 | 19 | 1.68 |
| San José del Carmen Hospital (Copiapó) | 396 | 20 | 1.62 |
| Rancagua Regional Hospital | 392 | 14 | 1.61 |
| Dr. Ernesto Torres Galdames Hospital (Iquique) | 371 | 5 | 1.52 |
| Del Salvador Hospital (Santiago, Providencia) | 304 | 33 | 1.25 |
| San Juan de Dios Hospital (Curicó) | 278 | 11 | 1.14 |
| Padre Alberto Hurtado Hospital (Santiago, San Ramón) | 266 | 13 | 1.09 |
| Nueva Imperial Intercultural Hospital | 266 | 2 | 1.09 |
| Regional Clinical Hospital (Valdivia) | 257 | 26 | 1.05 |
| Magallanes Clinical Hospital Dr. Lautaro Navarro Avaria (Punta Arenas) | 255 | 16 | 1.05 |
| San Juan de Dios Hospital (Los Andes) | 250 | 4 | 1.02 |
| Dr. Juan Noé Crevanni Hospital (Arica) | 244 | 9 | 1.00 |
| San Borja-Arriarán Clinical Hospital (Santiago, Santiago) | 238 | 19 | 0.98 |
| San José Hospital (Santiago, Melipilla) | 236 | 15 | 0.97 |
| Puerto Montt Hospital | 222 | 5 | 0.91 |
| Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena Hospital (Temuco) | 208 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Dr. Víctor Ríos Ruiz Healthcare Complex (Los Ángeles) | 203 | 11 | 0.83 |
| Barros Luco Trudeau Hospital (Santiago, San Miguel) | 199 | 4 | 0.82 |
| Dr. Gustavo Fricke Hospital (Viña del Mar) | 187 | 3 | 0.77 |
TKA, Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.