Systematic Review of Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Treatment Facilities

Table 3

Pain treatment facility wait times and number of patients waiting for treatment.

Author(s) (year)	Public facilities, median (interquartile range)	Private facilities, median (interquartile range)	All facilities, median (interquartile range)	Number of patients, median (interquartile range)
Australia
Hogg et al. (2012) [20]	150 days (68–281)	38.5 days (24–75)	103 days (44–210)	—
Canada
Peng et al. (2007) [18]	180 days (60–420)	15 days (9–30)	—	—
Peng et al. (2007) [21]	—	—	28 days (14–42)	10 patients (2–17)
Veillette et al. (2005) [22]	—	—	—	4500 patients, total
United Kingdom	—	—
Clinical Standards Advisory Group (2000) [25]	—	—	—	90 patients (45–150)
Routine care	—	—	112 days (70–196)	—
Urgent care	—	—	14 days (7–14)	—
Cancer care	—	—	7 days (7–14 days)	—
Dr. Foster & the Pain Society (2003) [26]	—	—	—	—
Referred by general practitioners	—	—	140 days (total range: 28–770)	—
Referred by consultants	—	—	161 days (total range: 28–931)	—
National Pain Audit (2011) [27]	—	—	—	—
England	—	—	80% of services under 126 days. If above, Mdn = 140 days	—
Wales	—	—	50% of services under 126 days. If above, Mdn = 231 days	—

Note. Information on wait times and patients waiting for treatment was not available for Bisset [24], Castel et al. [29], Csordas and Clark [30], De Benedittis and Lorenzetti [23], Hickling et al. [31], National Pain Audit [28], and Peng et al. [17].
Initial/first assessments.
Converted from weeks or months to days.
Of this group, 67% were waiting for longer than 9 months.
New and old patients.
New outpatients.