What can we learn from AOANJRR 2014 annual report?

Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) was founded in 1998. It was introduced in a staged manner commencing in South Australia on the 1^st of September, 1999 and fully implemented across the country by mid 2002. In June 2009, Federal Parliament passed legislation to enable the government to recover funding costs from the orthopaedic industry. All data is validated against information reported to the government and by using this approach the AOANJRR obtains information on over 98% of hip and knee replacements undertaken in Australia, which is almost a complete dataset of hip and knee replacements.