INTERMED - An assessment and classification system for case complexity: Results in patients with low back pain

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-385

  Stiefel, Friedrich C ^a   De Jonge, Peter ^b   Huyse, Frits J ^b   Slaets, Joris P J ^c   Guex, Patrice ^a   Lyons, John S ^d   Vannotti, Marco ^a   Fritsch, Carlo ^a   Moeri, Roland ^a   Leyvraz, Pierre F ^a   So, Alexander ^a   Spagnoli, Jacques ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Case complexity; Case mix; INTERMED; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033557681     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199902150-00017     Document Type: Article

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