An updated assessment of utilization of interventional pain management techniques in the medicare population: 2000 – 2013

Pain Physician

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E115-E127

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Falco, Frank J E ^c,d   Hirsch, Joshua A ^e  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Chronic spinal pain; Epidural injections; Facet joint interventions; Interventional pain management; Interventional techniques; Sacroiliac joint injections

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DISABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL PAIN; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN MANAGEMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925306142     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: 21501149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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