Care-seeking among individuals with chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 312-317

  Hadler, Nortin ^a   Carey, Timothy S ^a,b   Evans, Arthur ^a,b   Fryer, John ^c   Kalsbeek, William ^b,c   McLaughlin, Curtis ^c,d  

^a Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic back pain; Care seeking; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028857624     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199502000-00009     Document Type: Article

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