Hospitalizations for back and neck problems: A comparison between the Province of Ontario and Washington State

Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 929-945

  Taylor, Victoria M ^a   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^a   McNeney, Brad ^a   Diehr, Paula ^a   Lavis, John N ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^a   Bombardier, Claire ^a   Malter, Alex ^a   Axcell, Tami ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Back and neck problems; Geographic variation; Healthcare systems; Hospitalization rates; Lengths of stay

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACK; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; SPINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031728778     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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