Table 2.

Availability and caseload of pain treatment facilities.

Author(s) (year)	Pain facility per population	New consultation appointments per facility per month	Follow-up appointments per facility per month	Appointments per facility per month
Australia
Hogg et al. (2012) [20]	1 per 310,000 people	Range = 24.92–36.75a	—	—
Canada
Peng et al. (2007) [21]	—	Mdn = 2.58a	Mdn = 37.50a	—
Peng et al. (2007) [18]	1 per 258,000 people	M = 37.58ab	M = 432.19ab	—
Veillette et al. (2005) [22]	—	M = 16b	M = 74b	—
Italy
De Benedittis and Lorenzetti (1989) [23]	—	—	—	M = 164.58a
United Kingdom
Clinical Standards Advisory Group (2000) [25]	—	Average = 35	Average = 21	—
Dr. Foster & the Pain Society (2003) [26]	—	—	—	Range = 15–750a
National Pain Audit (2011) [27]	Range = 0.27–0.50 per 100,000 people	—	—	—
United States
Castel et al. (2009) [29]	—	—	—	M = 1244.10c, Mdn = 709.05c
Hickling et al. (1985) [31]	—	M = 36.1	M = 74.3	—

Note. Information on incidence and caseload was not available for Bisset [24], Csordas and Clark [30], National Pain Audit [28], and Peng et al. [17].

^aDivided by 12 to provide a monthly estimate since annual appointments were reported in source paper.

^bDivided by the number of pain treatment services surveyed since the total number of appointments was reported in the source paper.

^cMultiplied by 4.35 to provide a monthly estimate since weekly appointments were reported in source paper.