ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Impact of a multidisciplinary pain management program on patient care utilization and cost of care.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Impact of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Trajectory of Mood States in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Observational Study of Within-Session Evaluations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Core program elements for equitable, effective participation in a lifestyle medicine program for chronic musculoskeletal pain.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Patient and health service factors associated with enrollment in a multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation program: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Multidisciplinary Firms and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Case Study of Low Back Pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveChronic pain is a highly prevalent and costly condition with few proven treatment options. Since 2014, Geisinger's Department of Pain Medicine has implemented the Multidisciplinary Pain Program (MPP), which consists of a 3-day educational seminar followed by 12 months of comprehensive care. This study examines the impact of MPP on care utilization and cost between 2014 and 2016.
methodsA retrospective health insurance claims data analysis covering a 3-year period between January 2013 and December 2016. Among all patients referred to MPP during the period, a subset of those who were Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) members was identified (113 patients). Those who were GHP members and were referred to MPP after December 2016 served as the contemporaneous comparison group (69 patients). GHP's claims data for the corresponding period were analyzed on a per-member-per-month (PMPM) basis.
resultsMPP was associated with US$754 PMPM reduction in total cost of care including prescription drug costs (
conclusionPatients enrolled in MPP were less likely to use expensive diagnostic imaging and experienced fewer hospitalizations, resulting in total cost of care savings. These findings are consistent with the expectation that MPP improves health outcomes among patients suffering from chronic pain.
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