Financial cost associated with chronic pain
Obviously, it is difficult to quantify the total cost associated with chronic pain for the UK economy. However, the cost of lost work days due to arthritis alone has been estimated at £18 billion.7
Individual costs:4
- Services and therapies.
- Loss of income.
- Intangible cost associated with decrease in quality of life.
Costs to the wider economy:4
- Healthcare costs.
- Sickness payments.
- Disability claims.
- Reductions in productivity and absenteeism.