Open AccessIncidence and impact of pain conditions and comorbid illnesses
Author(s) -
Jessica Davis,
R.L. Robinson,
Le,
Xie Xie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s24170
Subject(s) - medicine , fibromyalgia , comorbidity , cohort , physical therapy , osteoarthritis , rheumatoid arthritis , migraine , cancer pain , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , cancer , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , optics
Individuals with pain often present with more than one painful condition. The purpose of this study was to characterize the rates of comorbidity, pain medication use, and health care costs for 23 selected pain conditions in a large health plan using administrative claims data from 2005 to 2007.
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