Access to Pain Care From Compensation Clinics: A Relational Coordination Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Compensation and Pension (C&P) determination process is a potential gateway to accessing pain treatment in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). However, attitudes about C&P as a gateway and about collaboration with C&P clinics among VHA staff are unknown.

Methods

In preparation for an initiative to link veterans seeking compensation for musculoskeletal disorders to treatment, clinical and administrative staff from the 8 VHA medical centers in New England were invited to complete a relational coordination survey that examined how different workgroups collaborate (communication and relationships) to provide pain care to veterans. A subset of those staff also participated in a semistructured interview about pain treatment referral practices within their medi

SUBMITTER: Rosen MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature