Analgesic usage for low back pain: Impact on health care costs and service use

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1075-1081

  Vogt, Molly T ^a,d   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,b   Cope, Doris K ^a   Osial, Thaddeus A ^a   Culyba, Michael ^c   Starz, Terence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic usage; Insurance claims; Low back pain; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 18644380831     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000160843.77091.07     Document Type: Article

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