Inpatient hospital care for lumbar intervertebral disc disorders in Finland in relation to education, occupational class, income, and employment

Public Health

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 272-278

  Leino Arjas, P ^a   Kaila Kangas, L ^a   Keskimaki I ^b   Notkola, V ^c   Mutanen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Socioeconomic status; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; INCOME; OCCUPATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036743092     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900868     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Frymoyer JW. Magnitude of the problem. In: Wiesel SW, Weinstein JN, Herkowitz H, Dvorárk J, Bell G (eds). The Lumbar Spine. W.B. Saunders Company: Philadelphia, PA, 1996; pp 8-16.
2. Slätis P, Hjelt A, Hämäläinen M et al. Consensus statement: diseases of the back (in Finnish). Duodecim 1996; 112: 2049-2058.
3. Riihimäki H, Viikari-Juntura E. Back and limb disorders. In: McDonald JC (ed). Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases, 2nd ed. BMJ Publishing Group: Bristol, 1999, pp 233-265.
4. Hoogendoorn WE, van Popel MN, Bongers PM, Koes BW, Bouter LM. Physical load during work and leisure time as risk factors for back pain. Scand J Work Environ Health 1999; 25: 387-403.
5. Hoogendoorn WE, van Popel MN, Bongers PM, Koes BW, Bouter LM. Systematic review of psychosocial factors at work and private life as risk factors for back pain. Spine 2000; 25: 2114-2125.
6. Pincus T, Burton AK, Vogel S, Field AP. A systematic review of psychosocial factors as predictors of chronicity/disability in prospective cohorts of low-back pain. Spine 2002; 27: E109-E120.
7. Lebouf-Y de C. Obesity and low-back pain: a systematic literature review of 56 journal articles reporting on 65 epidemiologic studies. Spine 2000; 25: 226-237.
8. Ernst E. Smoking - a cause of back trouble? Br J Rheumatol 1993; 32: 239-242.
9. Dionne CE, von Korff M, Koepsell TD, Deyo RA, Barlow WE, Checkoway H. Formal education and back pain: a review. J Epidemiol Community Health 2001; 55: 455-468.
10. Latza U, Kohlmann T, Deck R, Raspe H. Influence of occupational factors on the relation between socioeconomic status and self-reported back pain in a population-based sample of German adults with back pain. Spine 2000; 25: 1390-1397.
11. Leino-Arjas P, Hänninen K, Puska P. Socioeconomic variation in back and joint pain in Finland. Eur J Epidemiol 1998; 14: 79-87.
12. Cunningham LS, Kelsey JL. Epidemiology of musculoskeletal impairments and associated disability. Am J Public Health 1984; 74: 574-579.
13. Mechanic D, Angel RJ. Some factors associated with the report and evaluation of back pain. J Health Soc Behav 1987; 28: 131-139.
14. Croft PR, Ribgy AS. Socioeconomic influences on back problems in the community in Britain. J Epidemiol Community Health 1994; 48: 166-170.
15. Skovron ML, Szpalski M, Nordin M, Melot C, Cukier D. Sociocultural factors and back pain. Spine 1994; 19: 129-137.
16. Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H. Correlates of back problems and back-related disability in the United States. J Clin Epidemiol 1997; 50: 669-681.
17. Heliövaara M, Mäkelä M, Sievers K et al. Musculoskeletal diseases in Finland. Publications of the National Insurance Institution AL:35, Helsinki 1993 (in Finnish with English summary).
18. Heliövaara M. Occupation and risk of herniated intervertebral disc or sciatica leading to hospitalisation. J Chronic Dis 1987; 40: 259-264.
19. Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Aromaa A. Incidence and risk factors of herniated intervertebral disc or sciatica leading to hospitalisation. J Chronic Dis 1987; 40: 251-258.
20. Keskimäki I, Salinto M, Aro S. Private medicine and socio-economic differences in the rates of common surgical procedures in Finland. Health Policy 1996; 36: 245-259.
21. Järvelin J. In: Rico A, Cetani T (eds). Health care systems in transition. Finland. Vol. 4, No. 1, 2002. European Observatory on Health Care Systems. http://www.euro.who.int/document/e74071.pdf.
22. Salmela R, Koistinen V. Is the discharge register of general hospitals complete and reliable? (in Finnish) Sairaala 1987; 49: 480-482.
23. World Health Organization. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Geneva 1992.
24. Keskimäki I, Aro S. Accuracy of data on diagnoses, procedures and accidents in the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register. Int J Health Sci 1991; 2: 15-21.
25. Statistics Finland. Economic activity and living conditions of the population 1970-90. SVT Population 1995:6. Statistics Finland: Helsinki, 1995.
26. McCullagh P, Nelder JA. Generalized linear models. Chapman and Hall: New York, 1989.
27. Koivusilta L. Rimpelä A, Rimpelä M. Health related lifestyle in adolescence predicts adult educational level: a longitudinal study from Finland. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998; 52: 794-801.
28. Carroll DG, Smith G, Bennett P. Health and socio-economic status. The Psychologist 1994; March: 122-125.
29. Cherkin DC, Deyo RA. Nonsurgical hospitalization for low-back pain. Is it necessary? Spine 1993; 18: 1728-1735.
30. Keskimäki I, Salinto M, Aro S. Socioeconomic equity in Finnish hospital care in relation to need. Soc Sci Med 1995; 41: 425 -431.
31. Keskimäki I, Aro S, Teperi J. Regional variation in surgical procedure rates in Finland. Scand J Social Med 1994; 22: 132-138.
32. World Health Organization. Health for all policy in Finland. Regional Office for Europe: Copenhagen, 1991.
33. Health care systems in transition. Finland. WHO Regional Office for Europe: Copenhagen, 1996. http://www.euro.who.int/document/e71249.pdf.
34. Arinen S, Häkkinen U, Klaukka T, Klavus J, Lehtonen R, Aro S. Health and the use of health services in Finland. Main findings of the Finnish Health Care Survey 1995/6 and changes from 1987. Health Care 1998:5. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health and Social Insurance Institution: Helsinki, Finland, 1998.
35. Piirainen H, Pekurinen M, Vohlonen I. Data for improving services by patient flow surveys (in Finnish). Sairaala 1992; 53: 25-26.
36. Jin RL, Shah CH, Svoboda TJ. The impact of unemployment on health: a review of the evidence. Can Med Assoc J 1995; 153: 529-540.
37. Kaila-Kangas L, Notkola V, Mutanen P, Keskimäki I, Leino-Arjas P. Utilization of inpatient hospital care by occupation in Finland in 1996 (in Finnish). Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Statistics Finland, and National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health: Helsinki, 1999.
38. Heliövaara M. Body height, obesity, and risk of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc. Spine 1991; 12: 469-472.