Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability
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 ind...
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| author | Laura S. Gold PhD Matthew Bryan PhD Bryan A. Comstock MS Brian W. Bresnahan PhD Richard A. Deyo MD, MPH Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD David R. Nerenz PhD Patrick Heagerty PhD Jeffrey G. Jarvik MD, MPH |
| author_facet | Laura S. Gold PhD Matthew Bryan PhD Bryan A. Comstock MS Brian W. Bresnahan PhD Richard A. Deyo MD, MPH Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD David R. Nerenz PhD Patrick Heagerty PhD Jeffrey G. Jarvik MD, MPH |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c2e739ee4884493a3f83b8a24d9355a2022-12-21T22:44:40ZengSAGE PublishingGerontology and Geriatric Medicine2333-72142017-01-01310.1177/233372141668601910.1177_2333721416686019Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and DisabilityLaura S. Gold PhD0Matthew Bryan PhD1Bryan A. Comstock MS2Brian W. Bresnahan PhD3Richard A. Deyo MD, MPH4Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD5David R. Nerenz PhD6Patrick Heagerty PhD7Jeffrey G. Jarvik MD, MPH8University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAHarvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Chestnut Hill, MA, USAHenry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAObjective: 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721416686019 |
| spellingShingle | Laura S. Gold PhD Matthew Bryan PhD Bryan A. Comstock MS Brian W. Bresnahan PhD Richard A. Deyo MD, MPH Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD David R. Nerenz PhD Patrick Heagerty PhD Jeffrey G. Jarvik MD, MPH Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine |
| title | Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability |
| title_full | Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability |
| title_fullStr | Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability |
| title_short | Associations Between Relative Value Units and Patient-Reported Back Pain and Disability |
| title_sort | associations between relative value units and patient reported back pain and disability |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721416686019 |
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