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by Pio I. Guerrero, Jr., MD
In the United States, the annual incidence of back pain is 5 percent. In 1984, low back pain cost the United States $16 billion. Duke University's Center for Clinical Effectiveness estimates that by 1998 this amount had ballooned to $90.7 billion.
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