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March 15-18, 2011
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Putting Together a Multi-Disciplinary Research Puzzle: How Specific Might Some Non-Specific Low Back Pain Be?
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May 26-28, 2011
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Towards a more precise diagnosis / Clinical guidelines – where they need to go?
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Attention Health Plans & Employers
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Every patient with an undiscovered rapidly reversible disorder is costing health
plans and employers dearly.
For example, multiple studies show that as many as 50% of the patients who are disc
surgical candidates may be undiscovered centralizers, most of whom can recover very
quickly with inexpensive non-operative care. But they will only happen if they are
examined properly, identified, and then treated appropriately. But if left unexamined
and therefore undiscovered, most will undergo very expensive, unnecessary, and,
too often, unsuccessful surgery with more than 10% going on to re-operation(s).
Consider further that anyone found to have a rapidly reversible disorder late in
their care had an even easier and more rapidly reversible problem during their very
first hour of care. That means that, for those who are undiscovered until late,
all prior diagnostic and treatment interventions were, in hindsight, unnecessary.
Although those costs cannot be recaptured for those patients, understanding that
potential savings justifies whatever efforts are required to access this special
form of back and neck pain assessment as early in patient’s care as possible.
“You can pay me now or pay me later” was a familiar slogan for a type of car oil
filter in justifying the low cost of preventive maintenance rather than the far
greater expense of replacing a ruined engine.
To learn more about this, click on these educational options:
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