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Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability. - PubMed - NCBI

Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability. - PubMed - NCBI



 2017 Jan 16;3:2333721416686019. doi: 10.1177/2333721416686019.

Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability.

Abstract

Objective: To describe associations between health care utilization measures and patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Method: Primary data were collected from patients ≥65 years with low back pain visits from 2011 to 2013. Six PROs of pain and functionality were collected 12 and 24 months after the index visits and total and spine-specific relative value units (RVUs) from electronic health records were tabulated over 1 year. We calculated correlation coefficients between RVUs and 12- and 24-month PROs and conducted linear regressions with each 12- and 24-month PRO as the outcome variables and RVUs as predictors of interest. Results: We observed very weak correlations between worse PROs at 12 and 24 months and greater 12-month utilization. In regression analyses, we observed slight associations between greater utilization and worse 12- and 24-month PROs. Discussion: We found that 12-month health care utilization is not strongly associated with PROs at 12 or 24 months.

KEYWORDS:

Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire score; electronic health records; low back pain; patient-reported outcomes; relative value units (RVUs)

PMID:
 
28405596
 
PMCID:
 
PMC5384601
 
DOI:
 
10.1177/2333721416686019

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