Cost-effectiveness of providing patients with information on managing mild low-back symptoms in an occupational health setting

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2016-04-12

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Department of Computer Science

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en

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13

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BMC Public Health, Volume 16, issue 1, pp. 1-13

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Background: Evidence shows that low back specific patient information is effective in sub-acute low back pain (LBP), but effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (CE) of information in early phase symptoms is not clear. We assessed effectiveness and CE of patient information in mild LBP in the occupational health (OH) setting in a quasi-experimental study. Methods: A cohort of employees (N = 312, aged

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Cohort study, Disability, Health economy, Intervention, Low back pain, Prevention, Quasi-experimental study, RCT, Sickness absence, The Back Book

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10.1186/s12889-016-2974-4

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Rantonen, J, Karppinen, J, Vehtari, A, Luoto, S, Viikari-Juntura, E, Hupli, M, Malmivaara, A & Taimela, S 2016, 'Cost-effectiveness of providing patients with information on managing mild low-back symptoms in an occupational health setting', BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 316, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2974-4

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