%0 Journal Article
%T Improving spine surgical access, appropriateness and efficiency in metropolitan, urban and rural settings
%A Andrew Bidos
%A Barry Young
%A Brian Drew
%A Caroline Fanti
%A David Puskas
%A Mohammad Zarrabian
%A Raja Rampersaud
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2017
%R 10.1503/cjs.016116
%X The Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC) were developed to improve primary care assessment, education and management of patients with persistent or recurrent low back pain¨Crelated symptoms. This study aims to determine the effect of ISAEC on access for surgical assessment, referral appropriateness and efficiency for patients meeting a priori referral criteria in rural, urban and metropolitan settings
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608584/