To establish the cost per QALY (Quality Adjusted life Years) gained all patients that are referred to a specialized interventional pain clinic are assessed by Euroqol EQ-5D to measure the health-related quality of life at the first visit and then during the following year. Quality of life is calculated from EQ-5D by using hte TTO-validated UK-value set. With this and calculations of the cost we will be able to calculate the cost per QALY-gained which makes it possible to compare interventional pain managment to other treatments for pain patients.

Population

Patients with pain of more then 6 months duration

Brief Title

Health-economic Evaulation of Interventional Pain Mangement

Official Title

Health-economic Evaluation of Interventional Pain Management Among Patients With Chronic Pain

Brief Summary

To establish the cost per QALY (Quality Adjusted life Years) gained all patients that are<br /> referred to a specialized interventional pain clinic are assessed by Euroqol EQ-5D to measure<br /> the health-related quality of life at the first visit and then during the following year.<br /> Quality of life is calculated from EQ-5D by using hte TTO-validated UK-value set. With this<br /> and calculations of the cost we will be able to calculate the cost per QALY-gained which<br /> makes it possible to compare interventional pain managment to other treatments for pain<br /> patients.

Outcome Measures

Outcome measures are the tests that investigators perform to prove whether or not a treatment being tested in a clinical trial is having any effect.