Work-disability in low back pain patients with or without surgery, and the role of social insurance regulation changes in Sweden
Author(s) -
Syed Rahman,
Ellenor MittendorferRutz,
Thomas E. Dorner,
Konstantinos Pazarlis,
Annina Ropponen,
Pia Svedberg,
Mo Wang,
Magnus Helgesson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cky243
Subject(s) - medicine , disability insurance , social insurance , physical therapy , low back pain , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , social security , alternative medicine , political science , pathology , law
The aims were to study the differences in work-disability in patients with low back pain (LBP) in relation to (i) treatment provided (non-surgical or lumber spine surgery (decompression or fusion), and (ii) two time points, i.e. before and after the social insurance regulation changes in the in 2008.
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