Improving Pain Care for Service Members: Administrator, Provider, and Patient Perspectives on Treatment, Policies, and Opportunities for Change
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Improving Pain Care for Service Members: Administrator, Provider, and Patient Perspectives on Treatment, Policies, and Opportunities for Change

26 July 2023

Summary

Acute and chronic pain are common among service members, with musculoskeletal pain and injuries being the leading cause of nondeployability among active-duty service members. Interviews with Military Health System (MHS) administrators, providers, and service member patients provide on-the-ground perspectives on MHS pain care policies, highlighting strengths and potential areas for improvement and innovation in pain care across the MHS.

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RAND National Security Research Division
Personnel, Readiness, and Health Program
Pages
173
RAND Identifier
RR-A1193-2
RAND Type
report
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1193-2.html
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United States
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RAND Corporation

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pain management opioids military health and health care health care quality measurement

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