Treatment trajectories among patients with musculoskeletal disorders in Norway - a register-based cohort study over 2 years.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Explore treatment trajectories over a two-year follow-up among patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in Norway and investigate the associations with education and country of origin.

Design

Register-based cohort study.

Settings

Data were obtained from three national registers, the Norwegian Control and Payment of Health Reimbursements Database (KUHR), the Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR) and Statistics Norway (SSB).

Subjects

Patients diagnosed with MSDs in 2015 in primary healthcare according to the International Classification of Primary Care, second edition (ICPC-2).

Main outcome measures

Treatment trajectory classes of healthcare use over a 2-years follow-up were generated using group-based multi-trajectory modelling, for all patient

SUBMITTER: Tyrdal MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12943818 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature