Quality of life and cost of care of back pain patients in finnish general practice

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Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 647-653

  Hemmilä, Heikki M ^a  

^a Folk Medicine Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Complementary medicine; Cost of care; Exercise therapy; Physiotherapy; Quality of life; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037086417     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200203150-00015     Document Type: Article

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