Geographic Variation in Diagnostic Ability and Quality of Care Metrics: A Case Study of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Low Back Pain

• Main Authors: Jason Shafrin PhD (Author), Jenny Griffith PharmD (Author), Jin Joo Shim MS (Author), Caroline Huber MPH (Author), Arijit Ganguli PhD, MBA (Author), Wade Aubry MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Studies examining geographic variation in care for low back pain often focus on process and outcome measures conditional on patient diagnosis but generally do not take into account a physician's ability to diagnose the root cause of low back pain. In our case study, we used increased detection...