Medicover Sp. z o.o., Al. Jerozolimskie 96, 00-807 Warsaw, Poland (Dr Kiljańska, Dr Soszyński, Dr Motyl, Prof Walewska-Zielecka); Medical University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland (Prof Walewska-Zielecka).
Address correspondence to: Małgorzata Kiljańska, MD, MBA, Medicover Sp. z o.o., Al. Jerozolimskie 96, 00-807 Warsaw, Poland ([email protected]).
The project was funded internally and had no additional sources of funding.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Since the analysis was performed retrospectively on secondary, fully anonymized data, no subject consent was required and the study was not a subject to ethics committee review.
Clinical Significance: Properly organized care can reduce the vast economic burden of back pain. Data from this large observational study indicates that the redesigned back pain care pathway, offering first visit to physiotherapist, may shorten sick absence, decrease healthcare utilization and result in high patient satisfaction.
