Pain severity and the economic burden of neuropathic pain in the United States: BEAT Neuropathic Pain Observational Study

Abstract

Subjects with NeP, mainly those showing moderate or severe pain, had significant associations between pain severity and NeP-related health care resource utilization, productivity, and costs. The economic burden, particularly indirect costs, was highest among those with severe pain and higher than previously reported in studies of specific NeP conditions.