Research
Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain
The Brief
- A retrospective cohort study led by Mass General Brigham researchers examined low back pain imaging.
- The study points to urgent care as an emerging setting for low back pain imaging.
- Low back pain is among the highest health care spending categories in the U.S.
Why it matters
Imaging decisions for a very common condition drive large health care costs, so where patients are first seen can meaningfully change resource use.
Who’s affected
- clinicians and health system administrators
- health policy researchers
- #low back pain
- #medical imaging
- #urgent care
- #health care spending
- #health policy
Low back pain accounts for some of the highest health care spending in the U.S. Given how many patients are affected, even small changes in imaging practices could substantially impact health care resource use. A retrospective cohort study led by Mass General Brigham researchers…
Timeline
Medical Xpress reported the Mass General Brigham retrospective cohort study on urgent care and low back pain imaging
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Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain