BACKGROUND: Nonspecific low back pain (LBP) is very common and the economic impact of absenteeism has not been completely established in Spain. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have valued LBP and the cost of worker's compensation in Spain with the available information between 1993-1997. RESULTS: The mean LBP was 55,388 per year (SD 9,230.1). The transitory LBP disability was 21.9 days, with a range between 19.7 and 24.2 days. The total cost of worker's compensation LBP claims was 11,000 million pesetas/year, and the mean cost by worker was 209,666 pesetas/year. CONCLUSIONS: The worker's compensation LBP claims was higher in Spain that in the European Union.
BACKGROUND: Nonspecific low back pain (LBP) is very common and the economic impact of absenteeism has not been completely established in Spain. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have valued LBP and the cost of worker's compensation in Spain with the available information between 1993-1997. RESULTS: The mean LBP was 55,388 per year (SD 9,230.1). The transitory LBP disability was 21.9 days, with a range between 19.7 and 24.2 days. The total cost of worker's compensation LBP claims was 11,000 million pesetas/year, and the mean cost by worker was 209,666 pesetas/year. CONCLUSIONS: The worker's compensation LBP claims was higher in Spain that in the European Union.
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