Associations Between Physical Therapy Continuity of Care and Health Care Utilization and Costs in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Zendy

John Magel | Zendy; Jaewhan Kim | Zendy; Anne Thackeray | Zendy; Charles Hawley | Zendy; Sterling Petersen | Zendy; Julie M. Fritz | Zendy

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Associations Between Physical Therapy Continuity of Care and Health Care Utilization and Costs in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Author(s) -

John Magel,

Jaewhan Kim,

Anne Thackeray,

Charles Hawley,

Sterling Petersen,

Julie M. Fritz

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzy103

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , physical therapy , health care , logistic regression , observational study , low back pain , cohort study , cohort , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth

Patients who consult a physical therapist for low back pain (LBP) may receive initial and subsequent management from different therapists. The impact that physical therapy provider continuity has on health care use in patients with LBP is insufficiently studied.

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