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Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: findings from the BACE-N cohort study by Killingmo, Rikke Munk (author);Storheim, Kjersti (author);van der Windt, Danielle (author);Zolic-Karlsson, Zinajda (author);Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse (author);Kretz, Lise (author);Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova (author);Grotle, Margreth (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## 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: primary care consultations, medications, examinations, hospitalisation, rehabilitation stay, and operations. Costs were estimated based on unit costs collected from national pricelists. Healthcare utilization across patients with different SBST risk profiles was compared using Kruskal-Wallis test, post hoc Mann-Whitney U tests and Bonferroni adjustment. ## Results In total, 438 patients were included in the analysi

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Author
Killingmo, Rikke Munk (author);Storheim, Kjersti (author);van der Windt, Danielle (author);Zolic-Karlsson, Zinajda (author);Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse (author);Kretz, Lise (author);Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova (author);Grotle, Margreth (author)
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2022
Language
EN
Field
Medicine (Health Sciences)

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