Determinants of Costs and Pain Improvement for Medical and Chiropractic Care of Low Back Pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-261

  Sharma, Rajiv ^a   Haas, Mitchell ^b   Stano, Miron ^c   Spegman, Adele ^d   Gehring, Renu ^e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Oregon Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Low Back Pain; Primary Health Care, Health Care Costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MEDICAID; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REFERRED PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SMOKING; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 65549170289     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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