Cost-effectiveness of conservative treatments for neck pain: A systematic review on economic evaluations

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1441-1450

  Driessen, Maurice T ^a   Lin, Chung Wei C ^b   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Neck pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84864976816     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2272-5     Document Type: Review

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