Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain

Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories · 1h ago

Low back pain accounts for some of the highest health care spending in the U.S. Given how many patients are affected, even small changes in imaging practices could substantially impact health care resource use. A retrospective cohort study led by Mass General Brigham researchers found that only 24 of 2,924 urgent care lumbar spine X-rays for uncomplicated low back pain were followed by emergency…

Read original article on Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories →

Urgent care emerges as a promising setting for imaging low back pain

Related news