Patterns of Ordering Diagnostic Tests for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 15 November 1996
Timothy S. Carey, Joanne Garrett, North Carolina Back Pain Project*
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SJR score3.38
SNIP3.27
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The North Carolina Back Pain Project examined specialty-specific differences in treatment patterns and outcomes among the main types of practitioners who care for acute back pain: primary care physicians, chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons, and practitioners in group-model health maintenance organizations.
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Radiography is commonly used as a diagnostic test for patients with acute back pain. Clinical factors and provider specialty are major correlates of the use of imaging studies.
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