Costs of back pain in Germany

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Wenig, Christina M ^a,c   Schmidt, Carsten O ^b   Kohlmann, Thomas ^b   Schweikert, Bernd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Bottom up approach; Burden of disease; Cost of illness; Healthcare utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60749102984     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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