A population-based analysis of healthcare utilization of persons with back disorders: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2000-2001

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Lim, Kim Lian ^a   Jacobs, Philip ^b   Klarenbach, Scott ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Depression; Disability; Healthcare utilization; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 30944451968     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000194773.10461.9f     Document Type: Article

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