Can cost utility evaluations inform decision making about interventions for low back pain?

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 944-957

  Dagenais, Simon ^a,b   Roffey, Darren M ^b   Wai, Eugene K ^a,b   Haldeman, Scott ^c,d,e   Caro, Jaime ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^g UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Cost utility analysis; Health economics; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 71349083437     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.07.007     Document Type: Review

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