A national intervention to reduce imaging for low back pain by general practitioners: a retrospective economic program evaluation using Medicare Benefits Schedule data

BACKGROUND: The overuse of diagnostic imaging for low back pain (LBP) in Australia results in unnecessary cost to the health system and, for patients, avoidable exposure to radiation. The 2013 NPS MedicineWise LBP program aimed to reduce unnecessary diagnostic imaging for non-specific acute LBP in t...

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Autores principales: Morgan, Tessa, Wu, Jianyun, Ovchinikova, Ludmila, Lindner, Robyn, Blogg, Suzanne, Moorin, Rachael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6925437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31864352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4773-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6925437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31864352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4773-y

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