TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic Analysis of a Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Program
T2 - A Collaboration Between Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic Florida
AU - Sletten, Christopher D.
AU - Kurklinsky, Svetlana
AU - Chinburapa, Vijit
AU - Ghazi, Salim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors Pain and Medicine Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Objective: The cost of caring for patients with chronic pain conditions poses a significant burden to both the healthcare system and patients. We were interested in analyzing the financial costs and benefits of treating these patients in a comprehensive outpatient pain rehabilitation program. Design: All participants completed the 3-week outpatient Mayo Clinic Florida Pain Rehabilitation Program (PRC) between October 2011 and September 2013. Healthcare costs were compared during the 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month periods pre- and post-treatment. Patients: The sample included 53 patients. Results: Medical costs decreased by 86, 68, 64, and 90% in the 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month post-treatment periods, respectively, when compared with the same pretreatment periods. Conclusions: The appropriate use of a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program for chronic pain patients can result in a significant reduction in medical costs.
AB - Objective: The cost of caring for patients with chronic pain conditions poses a significant burden to both the healthcare system and patients. We were interested in analyzing the financial costs and benefits of treating these patients in a comprehensive outpatient pain rehabilitation program. Design: All participants completed the 3-week outpatient Mayo Clinic Florida Pain Rehabilitation Program (PRC) between October 2011 and September 2013. Healthcare costs were compared during the 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month periods pre- and post-treatment. Patients: The sample included 53 patients. Results: Medical costs decreased by 86, 68, 64, and 90% in the 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month post-treatment periods, respectively, when compared with the same pretreatment periods. Conclusions: The appropriate use of a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program for chronic pain patients can result in a significant reduction in medical costs.
KW - Chronic Pain
KW - Cost Benefit Analysis
KW - Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program
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U2 - 10.1111/pme.12679
DO - 10.1111/pme.12679
M3 - Article
C2 - 25645237
AN - SCOPUS:84929504244
SN - 1526-2375
VL - 16
SP - 898
EP - 904
JO - Pain Medicine (United States)
JF - Pain Medicine (United States)
IS - 5
ER -