Trends in hospital use for mechanical neck and back problems in Ontario and the United States: Discretionary care in different health care systems

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Lavis, John N ^a   Malter, Alex ^f   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^b,c   Taylor, Victoria M ^e,f   Deyo, Richard A ^f,g   Bombardier, Claire ^a,d   Axcell, Tami ^b   Kreuter, William ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK INJURY; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032512455     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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