First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

Workshop 5
Cost related to pain
Chronic pain and the measurement of its impact on healthcare and society
Pain is a symptom that accompanies many diseases. As such pain is often treated in the context
of these co-morbidities.
In most EU-countries decision makers on health care budgets usually do not have access to
robust data showing the societal impact of pain. Pain and chronic pain as such are seldom reflected
in the health care budgets and policy making. The lack of attention to the management of
cost and translation of quality outcomes related to pain potentially leads to an under estimation
of its consequences for the quality of life of patients, its contribution to the healthcare budget
and its impact on society.
Workshop 6
Light house projects (“best practice”)
Large scale longitudinal data on pain outcomes available to decision makers and policy makers
are rare. In several countries projects have been initiated aiming to gain insight in the issues related
to pain and costs caused by pain. These are expected to deliver the facts and figures like
prevalence, demographics, quality measurement, cost and resources related to the impact of
pain on society.
This workshop intends to share the insight of some light house projects in order to create a platform
for sharing “best practices”.
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