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Janet Freburger, PT, PhD; Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH

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We thank our colleagues for taking the time to share their findings and to reinforce our state-level results using national data. As noted in our article,¹ data from the National Health Interview Survey were also consistent with our results. In addition to supporting our findings on chronic LBP prevalence, we believe the VA data provide further evidence to suggest that rising LBP care costs are due, at least in part, to rising prevalence.

Based on the data presented, the prevalence of LBP increased approximately 39% from 2000 to 2007 in the VA population. While this increase is not as great as that reported in our article,¹ the population and period examined differs. The veteran population is predominantly male and was likely to be somewhat older than our population. Our data and that of others^2-3 indicate that LBP is slightly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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