Relationship of Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Work-Related Acute Low Back Pain With Disability and Medical Utilization Outcomes

Objective: To examine early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilization for workers compensation cases with acute, disabling low back pain and further, to examine low or high propensity to undergo early MRI with disability duration, medical costs, and surgery. Methods: Two-year follow-up of 3264 ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2010-09, Vol.52 (9), p.900-907
Hauptverfasser:	Webster, Barbara S., Cifuentes, Manuel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Back Injuries - diagnosis Back Injuries - economics Back Injuries - surgery Back pain Biological and medical sciences Disability Diseases of the osteoarticular system Diseases of the spine Female Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health services utilization Humans Iatrogenic Disease - economics Iatrogenic Disease - epidemiology Logistic Models Low Back Pain - diagnosis Low Back Pain - economics Low Back Pain - surgery Magnetic Resonance Imaging - statistics & numerical data Magnetic Resonance Imaging - utilization Male Medical sciences Middle Aged NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Occupational Diseases - diagnostic imaging Occupational Diseases - economics Occupational Diseases - surgery Occupational health Original Article Practice Guidelines as Topic Practice Patterns, Physicians' - economics Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Radiography Regression analysis Workers' Compensation - statistics & numerical data Workers' Compensation - utilization
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