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Effect of Stratified Care for Low Back Pain in Family Practice (IMPaCT Back): A Prospective Population-Based Sequential Comparison

Nadine E. Foster, Ricky Mullis, Jonathan C. Hill, Martyn Lewis, David G. T. Whitehurst, Carol Doyle, Kika Konstantinou, Chris Main, Simon Somerville, Gail Sowden, Simon Wathall, Julie Young and Elaine M. Hay
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2014, 12 (2) 102-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1625
Nadine E. Foster
1Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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  • For correspondence: n.foster@keele.ac.uk
Ricky Mullis
2The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jonathan C. Hill
1Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Martyn Lewis
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David G. T. Whitehurst
3Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
4Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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Carol Doyle
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Kika Konstantinou
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Chris Main
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Simon Somerville
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Gail Sowden
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Simon Wathall
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Julie Young
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Elaine M. Hay
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vol. 12 no. 2 102-111
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1625
PubMed 
24615305

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 4, 2013
  • Revision received October 31, 2013
  • Accepted for publication December 14, 2013
  • Published online March 10, 2014.

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  1. Nadine E. Foster, DPhil1⇑,
  2. Ricky Mullis, PhD2,
  3. Jonathan C. Hill, PhD1,
  4. Martyn Lewis, PhD1,
  5. David G. T. Whitehurst, PhD3,4,
  6. Carol Doyle, MSc1,
  7. Kika Konstantinou, PhD1,
  8. Chris Main, PhD1,
  9. Simon Somerville, MSc1,
  10. Gail Sowden, MSc1,
  11. Simon Wathall, HND1,
  12. Julie Young, HND1 and
  13. Elaine M. Hay, MD1
  14. on behalf of the IMPaCT Back Study team
  1. 1Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
  2. 2The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
  4. 4Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Nadine Foster, DPhil, NIHR Professor of Musculoskeletal Health in Primary Care, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre Primary Care Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom, n.foster{at}keele.ac.uk

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