An international comparison of back surgery rates

Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1201-1206

  Cherkin, Daniel C ^a,b,f   Deyo, Richard A ^a,c,d   Loeser, John D ^e,g   Bush, Terry ^f   Waddell, Gordon ^g,h  

^a Prince George's Community College   (United States)

^b Family Medicine   (United States)

^c High Reliability and Sensing   (United States)

^d Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

^e Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Geographic variation; Surgery; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIANS; SCANDINAVIA; SPINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028358135     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199405310-00001     Document Type: Article

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