# Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain

Source: [Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-urgent-emerges-imaging-pain.html) · 2026-11-11 · Medicine
Page: https://themorning.science/story/urgent-care-emerges-as-a-promising-setting-for-imaging-low-back-pain-533bd44b0fa8111e
Kind: research · Impact: low

## In 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.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-11: Medical Xpress reported the Mass General Brigham retrospective cohort study on urgent care and low back pain imaging

## Coverage

- [Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-urgent-emerges-imaging-pain.html) — Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories, 2026-11-11

Tags: low back pain, medical imaging, urgent care, health care spending, health policy

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