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Association of worker characteristics and early reimbursement for physical therapy, chiropractic and opioid prescriptions with workers’ compensation claim duration, for cases of acute low back pain: an observational cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between early reimbursement for physiotherapy, chiropractic and opioid prescriptions for acute low back pain (LBP) with disability claim duration. DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: From a random sample of 6665 claims for acute, uncompl...

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Autores principales: Busse, Jason W, Ebrahim, Shanil, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, Wang, Li, Couban, Rachel, Walter, Stephen D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4554906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26310398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007836