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- R S Cicala and H Wright.
- University of Tennessee, Center for Pain Management, Memphis.
- Clin J Pain. 1989 Sep 1; 5 (3): 223-6.
AbstractTo control costs, the University of Tennessee Center for Pain Management added an ambulatory pain rehabilitation program to its existing inpatient hospitalization program. The impact of this program was assessed by comparing the first 25 patients treated in 1985 (prior to the introduction of outpatient management) with the first 25 patients treated in 1987 (after outpatient management was established). Twenty of the 25 patients seen in 1985 required hospitalization, while in 1987 nine patients were hospitalized and 10 patients were placed in outpatient rehabilitation. The total cost for treating 25 patients in 1985 was $571,200 but decreased to $191,000 in 1987. Hospital charges were the greatest single cost factor in 1985 ($321,500) but were only $61,000 in 1987. Success rates as measured by a return to previous employment were not significantly changed (13 of 25 returned to work in 1985, and 11 of 25 returned to work in 1987).
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