PURPOSE: Identifying relevant subgroups in @entity1 with @entity1643 ( @entity1643 ) is considered important to guide physical therapy practice and to improve outcomes. The aim of the present study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a modified version of Delitto's classification-based treatment approach compared with usual physical therapy care in @entity1 with sub-acute and chronic @entity1643 with 1 year follow-up. METHODS: All @entity1 were classified using the modified version of Delitto's classification-based system and then randomly assigned to receive either classification-based treatment or usual physical therapy care. The main clinical outcomes measured were; global perceived effect, intensity of @entity158 and quality of life. Costs were measured from a societal perspective. Multiple imputations were used for missing data. Uncertainty surrounding cost differences and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios was estimated using bootstrapping. Cost-effectiveness planes and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves were estimated. RESULTS: In total, 156 @entity1 were included. The outcome analyses showed a significantly better outcome on global perceived effect favoring the classification-based approach, and no differences between the groups on @entity158 , disability and quality-adjusted life-years. Mean total societal costs for the classification-based group were < @entity7634 >2,287, and for the usual physical therapy care group < @entity7634 >2,020. The difference was < @entity7634 >266 (95% CI < @entity7634 >-720 to < @entity7634 >1,612) and not statistically significant. Cost-effectiveness analyses showed that the classification-based approach was not cost-effective in comparison with usual physical therapy care for any clinical outcome measure. CONCLUSION: The classification-based treatment approach as used in this study was not cost-effective in comparison with usual physical therapy care in a population of @entity1 with sub-acute and chronic @entity1643 .

Cost-effectiveness of a classification-based system for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['low back pain', 'LBP'] @entity7634 :: ('9319', 'Species') :: ['euro'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain', 'pain, functional disability']
@entity1643 :: (MESH:D017116,Disease) :: ['sub-acute and chronic low back pain']
