Routine referral for radiography of patients presenting with low back pain: is patients' outcome influenced by GPs' referral for plain radiography?
Kerry
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Department of General Practice & Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, UK.
Hilton
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Patel
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Dundas
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Rink
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Lord
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome