Chronic Pain Among Service Members: Using Administrative Data to Strengthen Research and Quality Improvement
Tisamarie B. Sherry, Carol P. Roth, Mallika Bhandarkar, Kimberly A. Hepner
Abstract
Military Health System administrative data, which capture service members' health care utilization, offer insights regarding the prevalence and treatment of chronic pain in the U.S. military. They can also be leveraged to better track improvements in chronic pain care for individual service members and medical readiness across the force.
Topics & Concepts
Chronic painService (business)Health careService memberBusinessQuality (philosophy)Healthcare serviceMedical careService qualityMedicineTrack (disk drive)Military healthNursingMilitary personnelPhysical therapyMarketingPolitical scienceComputer scienceEpistemologyLawPhilosophyOperating systemMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationOccupational Health and PerformanceCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation