Monash University
The number of people living with arthritis in Australia is projected to increase by a third by 2040, suggests a modelling study, published in The Lancet Rheumatology. The model projects about 5.4 million Australians will have arthritis in 2040, 1.3 million (31 per cent) more than the estimated number of cases for 2025.
Annual health system spending on osteoarthritis – the most common type of arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, the most common type of inflammatory arthritis – is forecast to exceed AUD $11.9 billion by 2040, if current spending levels continue, estimated at AUD $2,100 per person with osteoarthritis and AUD $1,918 per person with rheumatoid arthritis and per year.
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