Primary total knee replacement — Chile: Complete evidence

CLP 6,529,650 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

CLP 6,529,650 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

CLP 6,529,650 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 1,181 days — median waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional value. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 797 days — median waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional value. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 1,319 days — average waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional value. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 938 days — average waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional value. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.