European comparison of costs and quality in the treatment of acute back pain

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 969-975

  Gandjour, Afschin ^a   Telzerow, Axel ^a   Lauterbach, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Costs; Health care systems; Primary care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACK PAIN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 18244402179     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000158944.54033.60     Document Type: Article

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