Finding cancer in primary care outpatients with low back pain a comparison of diagnostic strategies

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-23

  Joines, J D ^a   McNutt, R A ^b   Carey, T S ^c   Deyo, R A ^c   Rouhani, R ^d  

^a MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Decision analysis; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SPINE CANCER; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035156269     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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