Population
105 European hospitals from 17 countries
Design
Cross-sectional
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Indicates potential shortcomings in ward-based pain care; leaves open whether organized services improve outcomes.
A survey of European hospitals reveals widespread dissatisfaction with post-operative pain management and a lack of organized acute pain services in the majority of institutions.
Rawal et al. (1998) studied this question.
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