Use of injections for chronic pain from 2010 to 2019 in Ontario, Canada
Authors' conclusion
This descriptive study revealed a rapid increase in the frequency of pain injections performed in Ontario from 2010 to 2019.
Study context
- Population
- Most common pain injections for chronic pain performed in Ontario, Canada, 2010–2019
- Participants
- 18,050,058 pain injections
- Outcome
- Frequency of pain injections and associated physician billings
- Follow-up
- 2010 to 2019
Methodological detailsdescriptive, provincial administrative data
- Descriptive
- Provincial administrative data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Pain injections and associated costs
- Total pain injections included
- 18,050,058
- Total associated cost
- CAD 865,431,605
- Blocks performed in 2010
- 1,009,324 blocks (CAD 50,026,678)
- Blocks performed in 2019
- 3,198,679 blocks (CAD 156,809,081)
- Increase in annual blocks and associated costs
- threefold
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Injections by physician specialty
- General practitioners
- 70.8%
- Anesthesiologists
- 8.3%
Original publication
Use of injections for chronic pain from 2010 to 2019 in Ontario, Canada. Can J Anaesth. Published 30 November 2022. doi:10.
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