Journal article
US critical access hospitals' listings of pain medicine physicians and other clinicians performing interventional pain procedures
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Vol.58, pp.52-54
12/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.05.005
PMID: 31077934
Abstract
There is little knowledge of rural hospitals' roles in the care of chronic pain patients nationwide in the United States of America. We hypothesized that very few (≅5%) critical access hospitals provide patients with interventional pain procedures performed by pain medicine physicians. Random sample of the 1346 critical access hospitals in USA. Public websites were used for collection of listed services. Nine pain medicine physicians were listed as performing interventional chronic pain procedures at 7 of the 110 randomly selected critical access hospitals nationwide (6.4%; P = 0.63 compared with 5.0%). All listed locations for the care provided by the pain medicine physicians were within a critical access hospital or a hospital building adjacent to the hospital. Seven of the 9 physicians were listed as having active American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certification in pain medicine. The 7 physicians with ABMS certification were at 6 of the hospitals, giving a percentage of 5.5% (P = 0.95). The proportions of critical access hospitals reporting interventional pain procedures were homogeneously distributed among census bureau divisions (P = 0.38). Fewer than half of the clinicians listed as providing pain management were pain medicine physicians (26.5% [9/34]; P = 0.0090). A very small percentage of critical access hospitals list at their websites that they offer interventional pain services by pain medicine-trained physicians, and most clinicians listed as performing these procedures are not pain medicine certified. Increasing access to pain medicine physicians may present an opportunity for improved pain care in rural communities. •There is little prior knowledge of rural hospitals’ roles in the care of chronic pain patients nationwide in the USA.•Our survey showed that 7 of 110 randomly selected critical access hospitals nationwide (6.4%) had a pain medicine physician.•<1/2 clinicians providing pain management at critical access hospitals are pain medicine physicians (26.5%).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- US critical access hospitals' listings of pain medicine physicians and other clinicians performing interventional pain procedures
- Creators
- Mohamed Elhakim - Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, TAS 7000, AustraliaFranklin Dexter - Division of Management Consulting, Department of Anesthesia, University, of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 6-JCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States of AmericaAmy C.S Pearson - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 6-JCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States of America
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Vol.58, pp.52-54
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.05.005
- PMID
- 31077934
- ISSN
- 0952-8180
- eISSN
- 1873-4529
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2019
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806255402771
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