Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow: wait times for multidisciplinary pain clinics in Canada.

摘要: OR the past several years, considerable political attention has focused on decreasing wait times in certain areas of health care identified to be high priority, including cancer care, cardiac diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and cataract surgery. Anesthesiologists have played a crucial role improving access, particularly arthroplasties, by postoperative pain control facilitating rapid discharge from hospital. 1 Chronic management is another area which anesthesiologists traditionally lead role. A recent survey hospital-based services for non-cancer treatment Quebec found that almost 30% province were involved treating chronic pain. 2 Approximately one Canadian five suffers non-malignant pain, defined as present most days, minimum six months. The prevalence increases with age. 3 study commissioned 2004 Alberta Ministry Health Welfare, Calgary Region, 3% (30,000) suffering severe, disabling This report also projected an increase 70% over next 25 years number adult Albertans who will develop being attributed primarily ageing population. Yet,