Systematic Review of Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Treatment Facilities

Table 9

Useful but infrequently reported survey questions.

Variable in questionnaire	Number of articles reporting on it
Average cost of sessions, common treatments	3
Average length of the first appointment	2
Multidisciplinary pain facility ownership	2
Guidelines used	1
Inclusion criteria for referrals	5
Location of multidisciplinary pain facilities (e.g., in hospital, free-standing)	2
Major medical equipment available	1
Measure of data completeness and protocol for dealing with missing data	2
Measures of treatment effectiveness/outcome measures	1
Number of providers at each facility	2
Percentage of facilities that are urban or rural	3
Percentage of facilities that are public or private	4
Percentage of facilities treating children	3
Source of public and/or private funding	3