TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - BACK AND NECK PAIN A1 - Engstrom, John W. A1 - Deyo, Richard A. A2 - Hauser, Stephen L. A2 - Josephson, S. Andrew Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e AB - The importance of back and neck pain in our society is underscored by the following: (1) the cost of back pain in the United States exceeds $100 billion annually; approximately one-third of these costs are direct health care expenses, and two-thirds are indirect costs resulting from loss of wages and productivity; (2) back symptoms are the most common cause of disability in those <45 years; (3) low back pain is the second most common reason for visiting a physician in the United States; and (4) 70% of persons will have back pain at some point in their lives. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145767739 ER -