Annual back pain costs | |||||
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 | Direct costs (millons) | Allied health costs (millons) | Indirect costs# (millons) | GDP* | Health expenditure |
Australia (1991) | AU$1,020 | Â | Â | 0.22% | 1.65% |
 |  | AU$724 |  | 0.16% | 1.17% |
 |  |  | AU$2,000–$8,000 | 0.43%–1.72% |  |
United Kingdom (1998) | £1,632,000 |  |  | 0.19% | 2.78% |
 |  |  | £1,068,000–£5,018,000 | 0.12%–0.58% |  |
USA (1990) | US$24,300 | Â | Â | 0.42% | 3.22% |