title: Low back pain.
abstract: An SOI-I low back pain PTE utilized 2.5 office visits with an adult medicine physician compared with 3.7 office visits with an orthopedic surgeon. Adult medicine physicians performed 1.1 tests and administered 4.6 prescriptions during an SOI-I low back pain PTE. Office visits, tests, and prescriptions were the major cost drivers for low back pain PTEs. Of all low back pain PTEs, 19% received one-drug group, and 17.2% received two-drug group treatments. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and central muscle relaxants were the most commonly used medication therapies for these patients.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Monajati
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cave
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central