What medical expense keeps going up and up and up every year--without making patients feel any better?

It's the cost of treating back pain, according to a damning new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, by health policy researchers at the University of Washington, estimated the cost of treating back pain by using data from an annual federal survey of 23,000 people. Unlike previous studies that examined specific treatments, such as surgery or painkillers, the new study took a broad-brush approach to examine whether overall spending on back treatments is making us feel better.

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Forbes.com