A systematic review of the effect of waiting for treatment for chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 97-116

  Lynch, Mary E ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Clark, Alexander J ^c   Dunbar, Michael J ^a   Goldstein, David ^d   Peng, Philip ^b   Stinson, Jennifer ^b   Tupper, Helen ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Canadian Pain Coalition   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Chronic pain; Health outcomes; Pain; Pain clinics; Pain management; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETERIORATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 41749088483     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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