Socioeconomic disadvantage and referral to pain management services in Australasia

Authors

Hilarie Tardif, University of WollongongFollow
Megan B. Blanchard, University of WollongongFollow
Tara L. Alexander, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

138101

Publication Details

H. Tardif, M. Blanchard & T. Alexander, Socioeconomic disadvantage and referral to pain management services in Australasia (electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration, Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, 2019). https://ahsri.uow.edu.au/eppoc/informationseries/index.html

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the relative socioeconomic disadvantage of people seeking specialist pain management in Australasia, specifically, whether socioeconomic disadvantage influences access to pain management services and impacts symptom severity at referral.