title: The Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Rehabilitation.
abstract: Examine the cost-effectiveness of a 3-week interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain rehabilitation program.
  
  
  
  Self-reported health care utilization and parent missed work of youth with chronic pain (n = 127) at admission and 1-year follow-up were compared. Financials were calculated from program revenue and established national costs for health care and wages.
  
  
  
  Data indicate significant reductions in days hospitalized, physician office visits, physical/occupational therapy services, psychotherapy visits, and parental missed work. Estimated health care expenses were $61,988 in the year before admission and $14,189 in the year after admission (-$58,839). Estimated cost of missed work was $12,229 in the year prior and $1,189 in the year after (-$11,039).
  
  
  
  Comparing estimated expenses before ($74,217) and after ($15,378) minus program costs ($31,720), yielded estimated savings of $27,119 per family in the year following admission. These findings extend the benefit of the program beyond clinical improvement, to outcomes important to both families and insurers.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Children's jennyevansphd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jenny R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Children's.
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benore
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Children's.
authors.forename: Gerard A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Banez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D059408:Pain Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D016524:Parental Leave / Q000191:economics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cost-effectiveness; outcomes; pediatric chronic pain; treatment