Evaluating pain and disability
Strax, T.; Grabois, M.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 12(3): 559-570
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1047-9651 PMID: 11478188 Document Number: 531947
This article has attempted to present an overview of how pain and disability interact, the incidence and cost of disability secondary to painful conditions, a review of the current disability systems, how pain should be evaluated, and some thoughts on the future of disability and pain. Most people are unhappy with the present process from an administrative, logistical, and cost-effective point of view. However, there is a continuing concern that change will be driven largely by cost containment rather than other important aspects of disability.