Physician office visits for low back pain: Frequency, clinical evaluation, and treatment patterns from a u.s. national survey

Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 11-19

  Gary Hart, L ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^a,b   Cherkin, Daniel C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Low back pain; Office practice; Specialty differences

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE MIX; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028833485     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199501000-00003     Document Type: Article

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