The Impact of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain: Costs and Patients' Burden.

José W GeurtsPaul C WillemsJan-Willem KallewaardMaarten van KleefCarmen Dirksen

Published in: Pain research & management (2018)

This study shows that in patients with CDP referred to a pain clinic, costs for society are high and the most used healthcare resources are pain therapies. Patients suffer severe pain, are physically limited, and experience a serious loss in quality of life.

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