A long way to go: Practice patterns and evidence in chronic low back pain care

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 718-724

  Carey, Timothy S ^a,b   Freburger, Janet K ^a   Holmes, George M ^a   Castel, Liana ^a   Darter, Jane ^a   Agans, Robert ^a   Kalsbeek, William ^a   Jackman, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Evidencebased practice; Health care utilization; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 67649396586     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819792b0     Document Type: Article

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