Exploring the cost-utility of stratified primary care management for low back pain compared with current best practice within risk-defined subgroups.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on April 04, 2012

Authors

David G T Whitehurst1, Stirling Bryan, Martyn Lewis, Jonathan Hill, Elaine M Hay

Author Affiliations

1: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. david.whitehurst@ubc.ca

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