The Economics of Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain: A Health Policy Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-50

  Phillips, Ceri J ^a   Schopflocher, Donald ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct costs; Economics of pain; Impact on absenteeism; Impact on productivity; Indirect costs; Pain management strategy; Wider impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960453259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622665.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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