Health care for chronic pain: overuse, underuse, and treatment needs: commentary on: chronic pain and health services utilization-is there overuse of diagnostic tests and inequalities in nonpharmacologic methods utilization?

Med Care. 2013 Oct;51(10):857-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a53db3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Chronic Pain / diagnosis*
  • Chronic Pain / epidemiology
  • Chronic Pain / therapy*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / statistics & numerical data*
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Services Misuse*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portugal / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult