DOI: 10.1097/01.NT.0000365684.86799.6c

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Issn Print: 1533-7006

Publication Date: 2009/11/19


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Low Back Pain MRIs, Surgery Rates Higher in Areas with More Units

KURT SAMSON

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Investigators reported a 1.23-fold increase in the likelihood of surgery for nonspecific low back pain if patients lived in areas with the greatest concentrations of MRI scanners, compared to places with the fewest units.
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