Economic burden of pain in back and extremities in the adult population: a community-based estimate in rural Gadchiroli, India

• Main Authors: Anand A. Bang (Author), Shekhar Y. Bhojraj (Author), Mahesh Deshmukh (Author), Sameer Kalkotwar (Author), Vinay R. Joshi (Author), Tushar Yarmal (Author), Abhay T. Bang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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# Background Population-based estimates of economic burden due to pain in the back and extremities (PBE) are lacking from rural India. We aimed to estimate the burden by measuring the annual cost of: (i) medical consultation, (ii) purchasing medications, and (iii) work-days lost due to PBE in a rura...