Chronic pain of spinal origin: The costs of intervention

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2614-2620

  Straus, Barry N ^a   Prager, Joshua ^a   Saal, Joel ^a   Slosar, Paul ^a   Turk, Dennis ^a   Wetzel, F Todd ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a   Weinstein, James ^a  

^a North Georgia Pain Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Costs; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; LEVODOPA; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; ROXICET; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG INFUSION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE SURGERY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; NARCOTICS; PAIN; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037112210     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200211150-00041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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