City of Hope Pain & Palliative Care Resource Center

VI.   Quality Improvement
        A.   Cost Effectiveness

This section includes several City of Hope publications related to cost issues in pain management.

For more information see IV. A.  Family Caregiving, City of Hope Publications, Item 6.

       City of Hope Publications

1.      Ferrell, B. R. (2000). The cost of comfort: Economics of pain management in oncology. Oncology Economics, 1(9), 56-61. 

2.      Jacox, A., Carr, D. B., Mahrenholz , D. M., & Ferrell, B. M. (1997). Cost considerations in patient-controlled analgesia. Pharmacoeconomics, 12(2), 109-120.

3.      Ferrell,  B. R., Schaffner, M. (1997). Pharmacoeconomics and medical outcomes in pain management. Seminars in Anesthesia, 16(2), 152-159.

4.      Grant, M., Ferrell, B. R., Rivera, L. M., & Lee, J. (1995). Unscheduled readmissions for uncontrolled symptoms. Nursing Clinics of North America, 30(4), 673-682.

5.      Ferrell, B. R., & Rhiner, M. (1994). Use of technology in the management of cancer pain. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control, 2(1), 17-35.

6.      Ferrell, B. R., & Griffith, H. (1994). Cost issues related to pain management: Report from the cancer pain panel of the agency for health care policy and research. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 9(4), 221-234.

7.      Ferrell, B. R. (1993). Cost issues surrounding the treatment of cancer related pain. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control, 1(1), 9-23.
 

       Recommended Publications

1.   Strassels, S. A., Chan, C., Carr, D. B. (2002). Postoperative analgesia: economics, resource use, and patient satisfaction in an urban teaching hospital. Anesthesia Analgesia. 94, 130-137.

 2.    Turk, D. (2002). Clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of treatments for patients with chronic pain. Clinical Journal of Pain. 18, 355-365.

 3.    Dalton, J. A., Carlson, J., Lindley, C., et al. (2000). Clinical economics: calculating the cost of acute postoperative pain medication. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.19, 295-308.

 4.    Kee, W. G., Middaugh, S., Pawlick, K., et al. (1997). Cost benefit analysis of a multidisciplinary chronic pain program. American Journal of Pain Management. 7(2), 59-62.

      Guidelines/Clinical Pathways

1.      A Guide to Building a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program  
         This is a unique how-to manual for building a successful palliative care program in your hospital.

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