Rehabilitation benefits highly motivated patients: A six-year prospective cost-effectiveness study

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-221

  Grahn, Birgitta E M ^a   Borgquist, Lars A ^b   Ekdahl, Charlotte S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Motivation; Musculoskeletal diseases; Primary care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SOCIETY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 2542459494     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462304000996     Document Type: Article

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