Does adherence to the guideline recommendation for active treatments improve the quality of care for patients with acute low back pain delivered by physical therapists?

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 973-980

  Fritz, Julie M ^a,b,d   Cleland, Joshua A ^c   Brennan, Gerard P ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Cost of care; Low back pain; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748881253     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318070c6cd     Document Type: Article

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