The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
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Multicenter Study
Predicting the evolution of low back pain patients in routine clinical practice: results from a registry within the Spanish National Health Service.
The Spanish National Health Service (SNHS) is a tax-funded public organization that provides free health care to every resident in Spain. ⋯ A prospective registry can be used for developing predictive models to quantify the odds that a given LBP patient will experience a clinically relevant improvement. This may empower patients for an informed shared decision making.