Pain, Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization after Inpatient Surgery: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof,
Wilma M. Hopman,
Tanveer Towheed,
Rosemary Wilson,
John A. C. Murdoch,
Michael J. Rimmer,
Sherri S. Stutzman,
Debbie Tod,
Vico Dag,
David Goldstein
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/2006/320461
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , health care , perioperative , quality of life (healthcare) , medline , acute pain , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing , anesthesia , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Little is known about pain-related outcomes in surgical inpatients after discharge from the hospital. An ongoing risk and outcomes monitoring system would provide valuable feedback to improve the quality of patient care.
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