Safety, efficacy, and cost effectiveness of evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute low back pain in primary care

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Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2615-2622

  McGuirk, Brian ^a   King, Wade ^a   Govind, Jayantilal ^a   Lowry, John ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Evidence based medicine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035578280     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112010-00017     Document Type: Article

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