Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: findings from the BACE-N cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe healthcare utilization and estimate associated costs during 1 year of follow-up among older people seeking primary care due to a new episode back pain and to describe healthcare utilization across patients with different risk profiles stratified using the StarT Back Screening Tool (SBST).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Participants and setting

A total of 452 people aged ≥55 years seeking Norwegian primary care with a new episode of back pain were included.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome of this study was total cost of healthcare utilization aggregated for 1 year of follow-up. Secondary outcomes included components of healthcare utilization aggregated for 1 year of follow-up. Healthcare utilization was self-reported and included: p

SUBMITTER: Killingmo RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature