Outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain.
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Cost-effectiveness of medical and chiropractic care for acute and chronic low back pain.
OBJECTIVES To identify relative provider costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction for the treatment of low back pain (LBP). METHODS This was a practice-based, nonrandomized, comparative study of patients self-referring to 60 doctors of chiropractic and 111 medical doctors in 51 chiropractic and 14 general practice community clinics over a 2-year period. Patients were included if the...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 334 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996