Table 3.

Common Combinations of Primary Care Physician Orders Within the First 21 Days from Initial Visit in 4073 Patients with Acute Low Back Pain

Order CombinationsNon Pharm & 1st Line Pharm2nd Line PharmImagingSpecialty
1st Line Pharm Only697 (39)
1st Line Pharm with Non-Pharm453 (25)
Non-Pharm Only361 (20)
2nd Line Pharm with 1st Line Pharm419 (29)
2nd Line Pharm Only401 (27)
2nd Line Pharm with 1st Line Pharm and Non-Pharm215 (15)
2nd Line Pharm with Non-Pharm180 (12)
2nd Line Pharm with 1st Line Pharm and Imaging156 (11)
Imaging Only198 (38)
Imaging with 2nd Line Pharm118 (22)
Imaging with Non-Pharm107 (20)
Imaging with 2nd Line Pharm and Non-Pharm88 (17)
Specialty Only55 (21)
Specialty with 1st Line Pharm and 2nd Line Pharm40 (15)
Specialty with 2nd Line Pharm35 (13)
Specialty with 1st Line Pharm28 (10)
  • Notes. All values are n (%) where n is the number of patients within the cluster who received that type of order or order combination.

  • Orders or combinations of orders less frequent than 10% are excluded.