Evaluating associations between social risks and health care utilization in patients with chronic low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Care and outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are influenced by the social risk factors that they experience. Social risk factors such as food insecurity and housing instability have detrimental effects on patient health and wellness, healthcare outcomes, and health disparities.

Objectives

This retrospective cross-sectional study examined how social risk factors identified in unstructured and structured electronic health record (EHR) data for 1,295 patients with cLBP were associated with health care utilization. We also studied the impact of social risk factors, controlling for back pain-related disability on health care utilization.

Methods

Included patients who received outpatient spine and/or physical therapy services at an urban aca

SUBMITTER: Pak SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463208 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature