Low back pain hospitalization: Recent united states trends and regional variations

Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1207-1213

  Taylor, Victoria M ^a,c,e   Deyo, Richard A ^a,b,f   Cherkin, Daniel C ^a,c,d   Kreuter, William ^a  

^a Urban Public Health   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain management; Practice patterns; Regional variations; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPINAL FUSION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028217633     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199405310-00002     Document Type: Article

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