Primary health care research & development
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Prim Health Care Res Dev · Apr 2015
A study of National Health Service management of chronic osteoarthritis and low back pain.
To describe treatment and referral patterns and National Health Service resource use in patients with chronic pain associated with low back pain or osteoarthritis, from a Primary Care perspective. ⋯ This retrospective study confirmed the complexity of managing these causes of chronic pain and the associated high resource use. It provides an in-depth picture of prescribing and referral patterns and of resource use.