Healthcare resource utilisation and economic burden attributable to back pain in primary care: A matched case-control study in the United Kingdom.
Dawit T ZemedikunJesse KigoziGwenllian Wynne-JonesAlessandra GuarigliaKrishnarajah NirantharakumarTom MarshallTracy RobertsPublished in: British journal of pain (2023)
Our findings confirm the substantial healthcare costs attributed to back pain, even with primacy care costs only. The data also revealed significant cost variations across socio-demographic and clinical factors.