Active Duty Service Members Newly Presenting With Low Back Pain in Fiscal Year 2017: Health Care Utilization, Access to Care, and Private Sector Costs Over 2-year Follow-up
Abstract
Low back pain (LBP) has accounted for the most medical encounters every year for the past decade among Active Duty Service Members (ADSMs) of the U.S. Armed Forces. The objectives of this retrospective, descriptive study were to classify LBP by clinical category (Axial, Radicular, and Other) and duration (Acute, Subacute, and Chronic) and examine the LBP-related health care utilization, access to care, and private sector costs for ADSMs over a 2-year follow-up period.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 26, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usac363
Entities
People
- Brad M Isaacson
- Courtney Colahan
- Matthew E Miller
- Nelson A Hager
- Paul F Pasquina
- Steven P Cohen
- Veronika Pav
- Xiaoning Yuan
Organizations
- Defense Health Agency
- Geneva Foundation
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences