A brief pain management programme and physical treatments for low back pain: results from an economic analysis alongside a randomised

DGT Whitehurst, GL Lewis, Guiqing Yao, Stirling Bryan, J Raftery, R Mullis, EM Hay

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Abstract

Objective. Guidelines for the management of acute low back pain in primary care recommend early intervention to address psychosocial risk factors associated with long-term disability. We assessed the cost utility and cost effectiveness of a brief pain management program (BPM) targeting psychosocial factors compared with physical therapy (PT) for primary care patients with low back pain of
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)466-473
Number of pages8
JournalArthritis & Rheumatism
Volume57
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2007

Keywords

  • cost-effectiveness
  • economic evaluation
  • low back pain
  • physiotherapy

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