Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain

Sixteen million people suffer with chronic low back pain and related healthcare expenditures can be as high as $USD 635 billion. Current pain treatments help a significant number of acute pain patients, allowing them to obtain various treatments and then “exit the market for pain services” quickly....

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Autores principales:	Julie G. Pilitsis, Olga Khazen, Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	multidisciplinary pain clinic cost sharing chronic pain market chronic pain acute pain Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bfa72e55147e433295f931e1fec2409e2021-11-10T11:48:24ZMultidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain2673-561X10.3389/fpain.2021.781433https://doaj.org/article/bfa72e55147e433295f931e1fec2409e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.781433/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-561XSixteen million people suffer with chronic low back pain and related healthcare expenditures can be as high as $USD 635 billion. Current pain treatments help a significant number of acute pain patients, allowing them to obtain various treatments and then “exit the market for pain services” quickly. However, chronic patients remain in pain and need multiple, varying treatments over time. Often, a single pain provider does not oversee their care. Here, we analyze the current pain market and suggest ways to establish a new treatment paradigm. We posit that more cost effective treatment and better pain relief can be achieved with multi-disciplinary care with a provider team overseeing care.Julie G. PilitsisJulie G. PilitsisOlga KhazenNikolai G. WenzelFrontiers Media S.A.articlemultidisciplinary pain cliniccost sharingchronic pain marketchronic painacute painNeurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENFrontiers in Pain Research, Vol 2 (2021)
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description	Sixteen million people suffer with chronic low back pain and related healthcare expenditures can be as high as $USD 635 billion. Current pain treatments help a significant number of acute pain patients, allowing them to obtain various treatments and then “exit the market for pain services” quickly. However, chronic patients remain in pain and need multiple, varying treatments over time. Often, a single pain provider does not oversee their care. Here, we analyze the current pain market and suggest ways to establish a new treatment paradigm. We posit that more cost effective treatment and better pain relief can be achieved with multi-disciplinary care with a provider team overseeing care.
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title	Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain
title_short	Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain
title_full	Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain
title_fullStr	Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain
title_full_unstemmed	Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain
title_sort	multidisciplinary firms and the treatment of chronic pain: a case study of low back pain
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Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain

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