January 1, 1995Anesthesiology

How Many Acute Pain Services Are There in the United States, and Who Is Managing Patient-controlled Analgesia?

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Population

324 responding hospitals (from a random sample of 500) with 100 beds or more in the United States

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

BRBrian L. ReadyUniversity of Washington

Discussion

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Implication

1994 survey benchmarks acute pain service adoption; leaves open whether prevalence and PCA use have evolved since.

Structured PICO

Population

324 responding hospitals (from a random sample of 500) with 100 beds or more in the United States

Outcome

Presence of an anesthesiology-based acute pain service and use/management of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)

A 1994 survey demonstrated that anesthesiology-based acute pain services and patient-controlled analgesia were widely established in US hospitals with 100 or more beds.

Limitations

The term 'anesthesiology-based acute pain service' was intentionally not defined, so time and resources applied likely vary widely
Anonymous responses mean the proportion of academic versus private practice centers is unknown

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Brian L. Ready (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9166c8176adb4d21afad7c https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-199501000-00055

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How Many Acute Pain Services Are There in the United States, and Who Is Managing Patient-controlled Analgesia?

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

How Many Acute Pain Services Are There in the United States, and Who Is Managing Patient-controlled Analgesia?

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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