Healthcare Economic Evaluation of Chronic Pain: Measuring the Economic, Social and Personal Impact of Chronic Pain and its Management

摘要: The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview the social and personal costs chronic pain role healthcare economic evaluation methods within context management, using a standardized scientific approach. An essentially comparative analysis alternative courses action in terms both their consequences (Drummond, Sculpher, Torrance, O’Brien, & Stoddart, 2005). Thus fundamental tasks any evaluation—including those concerned with heath services—are identify, measure, value, compare alternatives being considered Sculpher et al., types evaluations, categories cost incorporated possible perspectives evaluation, framework for assessing evaluations will first be discussed. application such then described two very common, specific conditions, namely, low back fibromyalgia. Lastly, implications challenges related clinical treatment