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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| author | Julie G. Pilitsis Julie G. Pilitsis Olga Khazen Nikolai G. Wenzel |
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-bfa72e55147e433295f931e1fec2409e2022-12-21T20:28:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pain Research2673-561X2021-11-01210.3389/fpain.2021.781433781433Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back PainJulie G. Pilitsis0Julie G. Pilitsis1Olga Khazen2Nikolai G. Wenzel3Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, United StatesDepartment of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany, NY, United StatesDepartment of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany, NY, United StatesBroadwell College of Business and Economics, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, United StatesSixteen 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.781433/fullmultidisciplinary pain cliniccost sharingchronic pain marketchronic painacute pain |
| spellingShingle | Julie G. Pilitsis Julie G. Pilitsis Olga Khazen Nikolai G. Wenzel Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain Frontiers in Pain Research multidisciplinary pain clinic cost sharing chronic pain market chronic pain acute pain |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | multidisciplinary pain clinic cost sharing chronic pain market chronic pain acute pain |
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