Tollison C D, Kriegel M L, Satterthwaite J R, Hinnant D W, Turner K P
Pain Therapy Centers, Greenville Hospital System, South Carolina.
Orthop Rev. 1989 Oct;18(10):1115-7, 1121-2, 1125-6.
A clinical outcome follow-up comparison of treatment and nontreatment groups was conducted to investigate both the clinical and cost effectiveness of a hospital-based industrial medicine division offering inpatient pain treatment clinical services. Eighteen month followup data were collected on 63 patients participating in a pain treatment program and 37 patients referred for treatment but denied participation by their workers' compensation insurance company. Outcome data indicate that the population of workers' compensation low back injured patients participating in pain treatment programs subsequently consumed fewer analgesics, required fewer hospitalizations for additional diagnostics and/or treatment, required fewer additional surgery, and were more likely to return to employment than a comparison group of patients denied comparable treatment.
对治疗组和非治疗组进行了临床结果随访比较，以研究一家提供住院疼痛治疗临床服务的医院工业医学科的临床效果和成本效益。收集了参与疼痛治疗项目的63名患者和37名被转介接受治疗但被其工伤保险公司拒绝参与的患者的18个月随访数据。结果数据表明，与未接受类似治疗的对照组相比，参与疼痛治疗项目的工伤腰背部受伤患者随后服用的镇痛药更少，因进一步诊断和/或治疗所需的住院次数更少，所需的额外手术更少，并且更有可能重返工作岗位。
