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The Meaning of “Headache” in the Context of Society

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Societal Impact of Headache

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Although more than 200 headache disorders are recognized, just three (migraine, tension-type headache and medication-overuse headache) contribute significantly to the societal impact of headache. This chapter gives a brief account of these, explaining their relative importance from this perspective.

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    The meaning here is that they add insignificantly to societal burden, not that no provision should be made for healthcare for such disorders. Headache services set up adequately to manage headache disorders (see Chap. 15) would take these and rarer disorders into account.

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    As before, this means it does not add significantly to societal burden, not that no healthcare provision should be made for it. Headache services set up adequately to manage headache disorders (see Chap. 15) would take adequate account of it.

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    Timothy J. Steiner

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Steiner, T.J. (2019). The Meaning of “Headache” in the Context of Society. In: Steiner, T., Stovner, L. (eds) Societal Impact of Headache. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24728-7_2

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