Cost-effectiveness of Risk Stratified Care Versus Usual Care for Low Back Pain in the Military Health System
Risk-stratified care was not cost-effective for medium-risk and low-risk individuals compared with usual care. Further research is needed to assess whether there is value for high-risk individuals or for other risk-stratification approaches.
Authors
- Carl Victor Asche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3193-6800)
- Daniel I. Rhon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4320-990X)
- Steven Z. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4988-9421)
- Min Chul Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-1702)
Institutions
- Brooke Army Medical Center (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Illinois College (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Clinical Research Institute (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2024-09-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005145
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26