title: A Call for Saving Interdisciplinary Pain Management.
abstract: Chronic pain is pervasive and costly. In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a landmark report on chronic pain, which estimated that more than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, making pain a major and significant public health problem. The benefits of interdisciplinary pain management programs are undeniable and have been demonstrated for over a half century. Until health care leaders and other stakeholders such as insurers work together to ensure best practices in pain management, we will certainly end up in a lose-lose situation for both the health care teams and patients. In order to impact health care policy more effectively, we need to better understand the politics of health policy decision making. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2016;46(12):1021-1023. doi:10.2519/jospt.2016.0611.
authors.forename: Xiulu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Alan David
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D000071219:Global Burden of Disease; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000941:ethics; D059408:Pain Management / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States
keywords: chronic pain; interdisciplinary; pain management