Race, Care Seeking, and Utilization for Chronic Back and Neck Pain: Population Perspectives

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Carey, Timothy S ^a,b   Freburger, Janet K ^b   Holmes, G Mark ^b   Jackman, Anne ^b   Knauer, Stefanie ^b   Wallace, Andrea ^c   Darter, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; health disparities; race

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77949912660     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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