Achieving BAlAnce
in Federal and State Pain Policy
A Guide to Evaluation (Fifth Edition)
Pain & Policy Studies Group
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
www.painpolicy.wisc.edu
July 2008
American Cancer Society
Susan G. Komen
for the Cure
Lance Armstrong
Foundation
Supported by:
2008
Pain & Policy Studies Group. Achieving Balance in Federal and State Policy: A Guide to Evaluation (Fifth edition). University of
Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Madison, WI. 2008.
Executive Summary
Acknowledgments, Citation, Notes to the Reader
Section I:
Purpose and Audience
Section II:
Policy Research Terms
Section III:
Background about Pain Relief and Public Policy
Section IV:
Research Methodology
Section V:
The Central Principle of Balance
Section VI:
The Imperative to Evaluate Federal and State Policy for Balance
Section VII:
The Research Criteria
Section VIII:
Results – Profiles of Federal and State Pain Policies
Section IX:
Example Language to Improve Pain-Related Policy
Appendix A: Federation of State Medical Board’s Model Policy for the Use of Controlled
Substances for the Treatment of Pain
Appendix B: Recommended Readings
Appendix C: What Can State Legislatures and Agencies do to Improve Pain
Management?
Appendix D: Regulatory Systems and Pain Management
Figure 1:
Recent Trends in State Pain-Specific Policy
Table 1:
International Authoritative Sources
Table 2:
National Authoritative Sources
Table 3:
States with Prescription Monitoring Programs
References
Table of Contents
Pain & Policy Studies Group. Achieving Balance in Federal and State Policy: A Guide to Evaluation (Fifth edition). University of
Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Madison, WI. 2008.
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