Chronic Pain Care For Women Cost Nearly $13 Billion In 2008
by Zangani • 10 November 2011 • Pain News
An estimated 12.1 million women age 18 and older reported suffering from chronic pain in 2008 as a result of underlying medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, fibromyalgia and vulvodynia. Of these women, only 8.7 million reported receiving treatment that year at a total cost of $12…