Cost-utility analysis of osteopathy in primary care: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-650

  Williams, Nefyn H ^a   Edwards, Rhiannon T ^b   Linck, Pat ^a,b   Muntz, Rachel ^b   Hibbs, Richard ^c   Wilkinson, Clare ^a   Russell, Ian ^b   Russell, Daphne ^b   Hounsome, Barry ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPRICORN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cost utility; Neck pain; Osteopathy; Primary care; QALY

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE DISEASE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STATE MEDICINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALES;

EID: 10644261235     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh612     Document Type: Article

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