PURPOSE To describe the outcome of a multidisciplinary pain management program for children and adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain. METHODS STUDY DESIGN exploratory retrospective cohort study. The study sample consisted of a cohort of 70 children and adolescents (age: 8-21 years) with chronic musculoskeletal pain who completed a 3-month inpatient multidisciplinary pain managemen...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the business case of postdischarge care transition (PDCT) among Medicare beneficiaries by conducting a cost-benefit analysis. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING A general hospital in upstate New York State. PARTICIPANTS Elderly Medicare beneficiaries being treated from October 2008 through December 2009 were randomly selected to receive services as part o...

BACKGROUND The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), initially developed as an outpatient treatment for chronic depression (CD), has been adapted as a multidisciplinary 12-week inpatient program for CD. METHODS Seventy inpatients with CD and treatment resistance were included in a noncontrolled trial. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale served as the primary outcome ...

BACKGROUND Initial hospital discharge to home of technology-dependent children requires extensive training and education of the family caregivers. Education of adult family members should promote positive interactions in a nonthreatening manner while facilitating the development of the knowledge and skills to competently and independently provide all aspects of the medical care. We utilize a tr...