I would like to know the recorded number and percentage of people diagnosed with chronic low back pain and currently living with chronic low back pain in New Zealand. Also, I would like to know the cost per year or per period of time that this condition has had on the government/healthsystem whether direct health cost (treament,diagnosis) or indirect such as time off work, ACC coverage sickness benifit. I would like numbers and percentages, but also if any graphs/figures are available to show the trend of this condition over time and possibly projection data of the future burden of this condition.
I am putting together a post graduate presentation through the University of Auckland on Chronic low back pain NZ stats and costs to make aware to my colleagues the burden of this condition.
Request received
Kia ora Andre Thank you for your request for this information. As you can see previously for this request, ACC can provide data for lower back/spinal injuries - not pain related injuries. If you can please get back to us by 21 October confirming: That you would like data on lower back/spinal injuries, That a date range for the last 5 years of this data would be sufficient? If you have any further questions, please email GovernmentServices@acc.co.nz Ngā mihi
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Government Engagement (Accident Compensation Corporation)
We asked you to clarify your request on 16 October
As we have not heard back from you, we are providing the relevant data that is held by ACC. Please see the
excel document GOV-035765 data.
Please refer to the notes tab when interpreting this data.
The requested information is attached, here: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-035765-chronic-low-back-pain-in-new-zealand
Andre
Hi, if this information is still available could please get a copy? I am also working on a similar project and this information would be very useful. Thanks!
ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation)
Kia ora Evania, ACC can provide claims information for lower back/spine injuries, rather than pain specifically. Please contact us at GovernmentServices@acc.co.nz if we can help you further.
Evania Vallyon
To second that, I would appreciate having access to this material to contextualise my research. Thank you!
Hillary
Hi there, is this information still available and if so could I please receive a copy? I am needing it for a similar post-graduate project. Thank you!