Prevalence, health care expenditures, and orthopedic surgery workforce for musculoskeletal conditions

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1586-1587

  Haralson III, Robert H ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK PAIN; NOTE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70350238104     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1489     Document Type: Note

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