Can health care utilization explain the association between socioeconomic status and back pain?
The data suggest that education, health insurance status, and health care utilization are independently associated with severe current back pain in a society with universal access to health care.
Patients who are otherwise deemed to be good candidates for lung transplantation but are found to have an associated cardiac condition that could adversely affect their candidacy may still be considered for transplantation in selected cases if the cardiac abnormality can be addressed either before or during transplantation.