From "Deferred Care for Adults with Musculoskeletal Complaints" Effective Clinical Practice, March/April 2001. 4:65-72.

Figure 1. Development of the deferred-care guideline. Using a 9-point scale where 9 indicates that deferral of care by 1 day is "very safe" and 1 indicates that deferral of care by 1 day is "very unsafe."
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