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

26 Jul 2023

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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Authors

Engel, Charles C., Sousa, Jessica L., Malika, Nipher, Huilgol, Shreya S., Gandhi, Priya, Hepner, Kimberly A., Roth, Carol P., Schulson, Lucy B., Jean, Chester

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

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