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Volume 6, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Pain Relief, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-0846
Pain Management 2017
October 05-06, 2017
5
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
October 05-06, 2017 London, UK
Pain Research And Management
J Pain Relief 2017, 6:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-015
Low back pain & the value proposition
Robb Russell
SCU Health System, USA
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ow back pain is one of the most common health complaints, affecting eight out of ten people at some time in their lives.
Further, LBP is identified as the number-one cause of disability worldwide. LBP is not only prevalent, but it has enormous
economic consequences and current management practices have led to rising costs without evidence of improvement in the
quality of care. A novel consideration to address this issue is the so-called value proposition where value is defined as health
outcomes that matter to patients divided by cost of delivering these outcomes. Based on this concept, the most powerful strategy
to reduce cost is improving patient-centered outcomes which can be realized with integrated practice units or coordinated
team care. This strategy supports the creation of value by caring for a patient’s condition over the full cycle of care, rather
than by a single hospital stay, care site, specialty, or intervention. This can be achieved by tracking valid outcome measures
that assess multi-dimensional outcomes that matter most to patients. In this model, collaboration of care between disciplines
plays a role managing appropriate cases based on clinical needs and patient preferences. Adoption of the value proposition and
organization around coordinated team-based care is an integral step for improving clinical outcomes and managing the cost
of care.
robbrussell@scuhs.edu