Physical Therapy Utilization Following an Emergency Department Consultation for Low Back Pain

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Identifier 007_Final-LBP-and-ED-Poster_EBPF2017
Title Physical Therapy Utilization Following an Emergency Department Consultation for Low Back Pain
Creator Mayer, L.; Roper, K.; Blumenthal, K.; Skinner, L.; Bernstetter, A; Magel, J.
Subject Evidence-Based Practice; Emergency Service, Hospital; Low Back Pain; Referral and Consultation; Primary Health Care; Physical Therapy Modalities; Quality Improvement; Poster
Description Patients consulting the Emergency Department (ED) for low back pain (LBP) may have delayed or decreased likelihood of receiving subsequent physical therapy (PT). Early PT for LBP following a consultation for LBP with a primary care provider is associated with decreased LBP-related health care utilization. Timing of PT for LBP following a primary care consultation for LBP may be important. Little is known about timing or utilization of PT following a consultation in the ED for LBP. Local quality improvement (QI) efforts at a University of Utah outpatient PT clinic anecdotally determined that few patients who consulted ED for LBP were subsequently seen in PT for the same condition.
Relation is Part of Evidence Based Practice Posters - 2017
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2017
Date 2017
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Rights https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6hf275j
Setname ehsl_ebp
ID 1399376
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hf275j
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