Comfortably numb? Exploring satisfaction with chronic back pain visits

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 721-728

  Wallace, Andrea S ^a   Freburger, Janet K ^b   Darter, Jane D ^b   Jackman, Anne M ^b   Carey, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health services; Low back pain; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; TELEPHONE;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68749116242     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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