Back Pain Prevalence and Visit Rates
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Abstract
Objectives
To examine the prevalence of back pain and physician visits for back pain in the United States. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: National data on the prevalence of back pain become available only intermittently.
Methods
We summarized published data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on the prevalence of back pain and compared it with earlier surveys. We also analyzed the 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) to determine physician visit rates for back pain.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- National Health Interview Survey
- Back pain
- Low back pain
- Ambulatory
- Prevalence
- Demography
- Neck pain
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- No poverty
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