Primary Care Involvement and Outcomes of Care in Patients with a Workers' Compensation Claim for Back Pain

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1041-1048

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Wasiak, Radoslaw ^b   Van Den Ancker, Melissa ^a   Webster, Barbara ^b   Pransky, Glenn ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Outcome research; Primary care; Retrospective case series; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DATA BASE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 2342539036     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405010-00017     Document Type: Article

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