Pain management by primary care physicians, pain physicians, chiropractors, and acupuncturists: a national survey

Southern Medical Journal
Brenda BreuerRussell K Portenoy

Abstract

Chronic pain is a serious public health problem and is treated by diverse health care providers. In order to enhance policies and programs to improve pain care, we collected information about the distribution of pain patients among four major groups of pain management providers: primary care physicians (PCPs), pain physicians, chiropractors, and acupuncturists, and the variation in the attitudes and practices of these providers with respect to some common strategies used for pain. National mail survey of PCPs, pain physicians, chiropractors, and acupuncturists (ntotal = 3,000). Eight hundred seventeen responses were usable (response rate, 29%). Analyses weighted to obtain nationally representative data showed that PCPs treat approximately 52% of chronic pain patients, pain physicians treat 2%, chiropractors treat 40%, and acupuncturists treat 7%. Of the chronic pain patients seen for evaluation, the percentages subsequently treated on an ongoing basis range from 51% (PCPs) to 63% (pain physicians). Pain physicians prescribe long-acting opioids such as methadone, antidepressants or anti-convulsants, and other nontraditional analgesics approximately 50-100% more often than PCPs. Twenty-nine percent of PCPs and 16% of pain physici...Continue Reading

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