Clinical and social predictors of application for social security disability insurance by workers' compensation claimants with low back pain

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 733-740

  Chibnall, John T ^a   Tait, Raymond C ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b   Hadler, Nortin M ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK; SALARY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVIEWS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33746218059     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000214357.14677.5a     Document Type: Article

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