Pilitsis Julie G, Khazen Olga, Wenzel Nikolai G
Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, United States.
Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany, NY, United States.
Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 10;2:781433. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2021.781433. eCollection 2021.
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.
1600万人患有慢性腰痛，相关医疗保健支出可能高达6350亿美元。目前的疼痛治疗方法对大量急性疼痛患者有帮助，使他们能够获得各种治疗，然后迅速“退出疼痛服务市场”。然而，慢性疼痛患者仍然饱受疼痛折磨，随着时间的推移需要多种不同的治疗。通常，单一的疼痛治疗提供者并不负责他们的治疗。在此，我们分析了当前的疼痛治疗市场，并提出了建立新治疗模式的方法。我们认为，由一个医疗团队负责监督治疗的多学科护理能够实现更具成本效益的治疗和更好的疼痛缓解效果。
