Unremitting Health-Care-Utilization Outcomes of Tertiary Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-69

  Proctor, Timothy J ^a   Mayer, Tom G ^a   Gatchel, Robert J ^a   McGeary, Don D ^b  

^a PRIDE Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346333144     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200401000-00011     Document Type: Article

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