Chronic Pain and Health Care Spending: An Analysis of Longitudinal Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
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| Authors: | Erica L Stockbridge Sumihiro Suzuki José A Pagán |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX;2. Department of Behavioral Health Analytics, Magellan Health, Inc., Columbia, MD;3. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX;4. Center for Health Innovation, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY;5. Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY;6. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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ObjectiveTo estimate average incremental health care expenditures associated with chronic pain by health care service category, expanding on prior research that focused on specific pain conditions instead of general pain, excluded low levels of pain, or did not incorporate pain duration.ConclusionsChronic pain limitations are associated with higher health care expenditures. Results underscore the substantial cost of pain to the health care system. |
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| Keywords: | Pain chronic pain medical expenditures health care costs health services |
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