Cost-utility analysis of physiotherapy treatment compared with physiotherapy advice in low back pain

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1381-1387

  Rivero Arias, Oliver ^a   Gray, Alastair ^a   Frost, Helen ^b   Lamb, Sarah E ^b   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Economic evaluation; Low back pain; Physiotherapy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33744787052     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000218486.13659.d5     Document Type: Article

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