An economic analysis of usual care and acupuncture collaborative treatment on chronic low back pain: A Markov model decision analysis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kim, Namkwen ^a,b   Yang, Bongmin ^a   Lee, Taejin ^a   Kwon, Soonman ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RELAXATION TRAINING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649319121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-74     Document Type: Article

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