https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2014.771

Costs of pain in Rheumatology

Vol. 66 No. 1 (2014)
Submitted: 6 June 2014
Accepted: 6 June 2014
Published: 6 June 2014
Chronic pain, Direct costs, Indirect costs, Intangible costs.
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A. Marsico
amars@tin.it
Rheumatologist, P.O. S.S. Annunziata, Taranto, Italy.
F. Atzeni
Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
A. Piroddi
Regional AISF Contact Person, Sardinia Region, Italy.
M. Cazzola
Rheabilitation Unit, Busto Arsizio Hospital, P.O. Saronno (VA), Italy.
S. Stisi
Rheumatology Unit, G. Rummo, Benevento, Italy.
P. Sarzi-Puttini
Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Chronic pain has been identified as an important issue related to various rheumatic diseases. At the time of a major government spending review, it is appropriate to discuss the pain characterising rheumatic diseases and its related costs. It is clearly essential for healthcare authorities to rationalise their policies on the basis of the increasing expectations of the users of healthcare services while simultaneously balancing their books. There are few published studies concerning the costs of pain of any kind, and the same is true of the costs of the chronic pain associated with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia.

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Marsico, A., Atzeni, F., Piroddi, A., Cazzola, M., Stisi, S., & Sarzi-Puttini, P. (2014). Costs of pain in Rheumatology. Reumatismo, 66(1), 103–107. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2014.771

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