Update in Pain Medicine (2010)

Authors

Daniel P. Alford, Boston University School of Medicine
Erin E. Krebs, VA Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice and Indiana University School of MedicineFollow
Ian A. Chen, Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolFollow
Christina Nicolaidis, Portland State UniversityFollow
Mathew J. Bair, VA Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice and Indiana University School of MedicineFollow
Jane Liebschutz, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center

Published In

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

More than 75 million Americans have chronic or recurrent pain. Pain accounts for 20% of all outpatient visits and more than $100 billion dollars per year in direct (i.e., health care services) and indirect costs (i.e., lost productivity); analgesics account for 12% of all prescriptions. Chronic pain is a leading cause of work loss, and disability and is a common reason for use of alternative medicine. Our aims were to: review recent pain medicine studies and their key findings and understand how these new findings may impact generalist clinical practice.

Description

© 2010 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Part of Springer Nature.

*At the time of publication, C. Nicolaidis was affiliated with OHSU.

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1452-4

DOI

10.1007/s11606-010-1452-4

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32745

Citation Details

Alford, D. P., Krebs, E. E., Chen, I. A., Nicolaidis, C., Bair, M. J., & Liebschutz, J. (2010). Update in pain medicine. Journal of general internal medicine, 25(11), 1222-1226.