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SUBMITTER: Goulet JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949131 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goulet Joseph L JL Kerns Robert D RD Bair Matthew M Becker William C WC Brennan Penny P Burgess Diana J DJ Carroll Constance M CM Dobscha Steven S Driscoll Mary A MA Fenton Brenda T BT Fraenkel Liana L Haskell Sally G SG Heapy Alicia A AA Higgins Diana M DM Hoff Rani A RA Hwang Ula U Justice Amy C AC Piette John D JD Sinnott Patsi P Wandner Laura L Womack Julie A JA Brandt Cynthia A CA
Pain 20160801 8
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are highly prevalent, painful, and costly disorders. The MSD Cohort was created to characterize variation in pain, comorbidities, treatment, and outcomes among patients with MSD receiving Veterans Health Administration care across demographic groups, geographic regions, and facilities. We searched electronic health records to identify patients treated in Veterans Health Administration who had ICD-9-CM codes for diagnoses including, but not limited to, joint, back ...[more]