Healthcare Access Challenges and Facilitators for Back Pain Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Saskatchewan, Canada: Cross-Sectional Results From a Provincial-Wide Telephone Survey

• Main Authors: Katie Crockett (Author), Stacey Lovo (Author), Alison Irvine (Author), Catherine Trask (Author), Sarah Oosman (Author), Veronica McKinney (Author), Terrence McDonald (Author), Nazmi Sari (Author), Bertha Carnegie (Author), Marie Custer (Author), Stacey McIntosh (Author), Brenna Bath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Chronic back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder, disproportionately affecting rural and Indigenous people. Saskatchewan has a relatively high proportion of rural and Indigenous residents; therefore, understanding barriers and facilitators to accessing healthcare are needed to impr...