Roentgenograms in Primary Care Patients with Acute Low Back Pain: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1982, Pages 1108-1112

  Liang, Matthew ^a,c,d   Komaroff, Anthony L ^b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Laboratory for the Analysis of Medical Practices ^*  (United States)

^c Division of General Medicine and Primary Care   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020055626     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1982.00340190064013     Document Type: Article

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