First Study Of Australia’s High Cost Of Pain Reveals $34 Billion Price Tag

For the first time, a dollar value has been attached to the high cost of pain in Australia in an MBF Foundation funded study that reveals a massive annual cost of $34.3 billion — nearly $11,000 for each of the estimated 3.2 million people grappling with pain. The price tag of pain includes both financial costs and loss of healthy life. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on November 20th, 2007