Comparison of healthcare utilisation, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool.

This study demonstrates that subgroups of people with different risk of poor musculoskeletal pain outcomes also have different levels of healthcare utilization, healthcare costs, health-related quality of life and work outcomes. The findings show that the STarT MSK tool not only identifies those at risk of a poorer outcome, but also those who will have more healthcare visits and incur higher costs.