Determinants for receiving acupuncture for LBP and associated treatments: A prospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chenot, Jean François ^a   Becker, Annette ^a,b   Leonhardt, Corinna ^b   Keller, Stefan ^b,c   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^b   Baum, Erika ^b   Pfingsten, Michael ^a   Hildebrandt, Jan ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a   Basler, Heinz Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOOD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; AGED; BACK; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751289974     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-149     Document Type: Article

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