For the Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecture guest speaker Johan Kärrholm (Sweden) will focus on the importance of receiving continuous feedback of results achieved in the health-care sector to maintain quality and cost-effectiveness. This presentation

“How 45 years of a National Hip Arthroplasty Register influenced clinical practice in Sweden”

aims to illustrate how the impact of annual feed-back of validated and selected outcome parameters with high completeness have resulted in more satisfied patients, decreasing demands for revision surgery and conclusions that not always concur with the mainstream.