The Economic Analysis of the Overlooked Recurrent Low Back Pain: Three Years Retrospective Observational Study

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Jakub Matuska · Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Bartosz Szyszka · Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Dariusz Walkowiak · Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Elżbieta Skorupska · Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Recurrent LBP accounts for 5% of total direct LBP costs and has a higher cost per visit than LBP, excluding physiotherapy services. Gender significantly affected per-visit costs, with males having more inpatient admissions and females utilizing more physiotherapy services for both LBP and recurrent LBP.

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

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Published in: Journal of Pain Research

Volume Volume 18, pp. 61-71

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s489806

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