The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 343-350 , April 2010

Race, Care Seeking, and Utilization for Chronic Back and Neck Pain: Population Perspectives

  • Timothy S. Carey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Timothy S Carey, CB 7590, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
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  • Janet K. Freburger

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Institute on Aging, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • G. Mark Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Anne Jackman

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Stefanie Knauer

      Affiliations

    • Institute on Aging, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Andrea Wallace

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    • ,
  • Jane Darter

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 11 December 2008 ,Revised 12 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) R01 AR051970; NCMHD Project EXPORT P60MD000244, and NINR T32NR08856.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00665-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.08.003

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 343-350 , April 2010

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