Global prevalence of hospital admissions for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Alla MelmanHarrison J LordDanielle CoombsJoshua Robert Zadro Christopher G Maher Gustavo C Machado

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

This is the first systematic review with meta-analysis summarising the global prevalence of hospital admissions and hospital LOS for low back pain. There was relatively sparse data from rural and regional regions and low-income countries, as well as high heterogeneity in the results.

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