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February 27, 2010

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Beneficial And Low Cost Treatment For Back Pain

An article published in this week's issue of The Lancet reports that group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce low-back pain at a low cost to the health-care provider. Furthermore, one year after the start of treatment, the improvement was sustained. Ranked as one of the top three most disabling conditions in the developed World, persistent low-back pain is increasingly common...

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November 25, 2009

Children Who Lack Continuity With A Regular Health Care Provider Miss Needed Services

Low-income children who don't access health care from the same place or provider over the long term are significantly more likely to have unmet health care needs compared with those who do, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. Studies like this are crucial to informing the financing and delivery of quality health care for children, the researchers report.

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