Identifying patients at risk for loss to follow-up after pain center treatment

Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-51

  Cutler, Robert B ^a,b   Fishbain, David A ^a,b   Cole, Brandly ^b   Steele Rosomoff, Rene ^b   Rosomoff, Hubert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Follow up attrition; Nonresponse bias; Pain center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; THERAPY;

EID: 0035021597     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2001.002001046.x     Document Type: Article

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