A new gatekeeper for back pain

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 576-579

  Horwitz, Alan D ^a   Hosek, Ronald ^a   Boyle, Joseph ^b   Cianciulli, Arnold ^c   Glass, Jon ^d   Codario, Ronald ^a  

^a Massachusetts Bd Chiropractic E ^*  (United States)

^b Massachusetts Bd Chiropractic E   (United States)

^c Natl Chiropractic Mutual Ins Co   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031928172     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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