Can health care utilization explain the association between socioeconomic status and back pain?

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1561-1566

  Latza, Ute ^a   Kohlmann, Thomas ^b   Deck, Ruth ^c   Raspe, Heiner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backpain; Cross sectional studies; Health care utilization; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 3242691388     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000131435.56714.15     Document Type: Article

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