Musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: trends in health care utilization and patient pathways: a nationwide register study.

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    • Subject Terms:
      TREATMENT of fibromyalgia; TREATMENT of backaches; OSTEOARTHRITIS treatment; MEDICAL care use; PHYSICAL therapy; SECONDARY care (Medicine); MEDICAL specialties & specialists; MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases; FIBROMYALGIA; SEX distribution; PRIMARY health care; REPORTING of diseases; AGE distribution; LONGITUDINAL method; OSTEOARTHRITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; BACKACHE; NOSOLOGY; MEDICAL referrals
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      NORWAY
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      Objective: Describe trends in health care utilization, demographic characteristics and patient pathways among patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in Norway. Design: Register-based cohort study. Settings: Data were obtained from two Norwegian National registries; the Norwegian Control and Payment of Health Reimbursements Database (KUHR) and the Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR). Subjects: Patients with MSD according to ICPC-2 and ICD-10 during 2014–2017. Main outcome measures: Patient pathways from the first contact and the following two years, described in a Sankey Diagram for all MSD patients and three common diagnoses: spine pain, osteoarthritis (OA) and fibromyalgia (FM). Result: About 26% of the Norwegian population consulted PHC annually while 7% were treated in SHC. Mean age was 47 and 53 years in PHC and SHC, respectively. The proportion of women increased by age. Spine pain was the most common diagnosis; 33% and 22% in PHC and SHC, respectively. Over 90% visited a GP first, 50% of them were treated by PT and/or in SHC during follow-up. Patients visiting the PT first were less likely to be treated in SHC. OA patients were most likely to be treated by more than one health care professional (>70%). Conclusion: One third of the Norwegian population consulted health care services due to MSD annually between 2014–2017. GP was the most consulted health care professional. Among MSD patients with long-term use of health care services, 50% were treated by a PT and/or in SHC in addition to a GP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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