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J Manipulative Physiol Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Oct 8.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2010 Oct; 33(8): 562–575.
Published online 2010 Oct 8. doi:  10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.08.017
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Table 3a

Approximating Episodes-of-Care for “Users” of back pain services (N=8,244).

FrequencyPercent
OOOOX8099.8
OOOXO102512.4
OOOXX3714.5
OOXOO87810.7
OOXOX1171.4
OOXXO2663.2
OOXXX2192.7
OXOOO92111.2
OXOOX911.1
OXOXO1361.6
OXOXX881.1
OXXOO2503.0
OXXOX63.8
OXXXO1702.1
OXXXX2483.0
XOOOO7178.7
XOOOX60.7
XOOXO821.0
XOOXX40.5
XOXOO871.1
XOXOX27.3
XOXXO48.6
XOXXX921.1
XXOOO3023.7
XXOOX60.7
XXOXO66.8
XXOXX73.9
XXXOO1511.8
XXXOX801.0
XXXXO1451.8
XXXXX5626.8
Total8244100.0
Note: “X” indicates a MEPS Round “active” for Back Pain utilization, “O” indicates a Round “inactive” for Back Pain Utilization. Reading the first row as example, n=809 adult MEPS respondents utilized NO Back Pain services (i.e. “inactive”) in Rounds 1–4 with only Round 5 being “active” for Back Pain utilization, hence their temporally-ordered Round-By-Round Pattern reads “OOOOX”.

This table is based on data from the MEPS Utilization Events files to map temporal utilization of ambulatory health services for back pain across All-5-Rounds of MEPS 2-year longitudinal panel. Tabled Data are for adults, pooled across MEPS Panels 5-through-10 (N=8,244).