Surgical stabilisation of the spine compared with a programme of intensive rehabilitation for the management of patients with chronic low back pain: Cost utility analysis based on a randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7502, 2005, Pages 1239-1243

  Rivero Arias, Oliver ^a   Campbell, Helen ^a   Gray, Alastair ^a   Fairbank, Jeremy ^b   Frost, Helen ^c   Wilson MacDonald, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344386746     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38441.429618.8F     Document Type: Article

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