nearly double that of matched controls, attributable to increased medical and treatment costs and comorbidity treatment burden. Additionally, the estimated annual cost of knee OA treatment was substantial, ranging between $5.7 billion and $15 billion. http

#osteoarthritis is expensive! The researchers age- and sex-matched patients with controls, but did not match on comorbidity because "multimorbidity is common" and "play a role in both the clinical disease and cost of patients with knee OA" https://t.co/HNK