Physiotherapy for low back pain: Differences between public and private healthcare sectors in Ireland-A retrospective survey

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-449

  Casserley Feeney, Sarah N ^a   Bury, Gerard ^a   Daly, Leslie ^a   Hurley, Deirdre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Healthcare settings; Low back pain; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATE MEDICINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 49149118546     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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