Research & data studies

Original analyses of pain management access in the United States, built from the federal NPI registry and U.S. Census data. All statistics are free to cite with attribution, and every study includes a downloadable dataset.

Pain care deserts: U.S. counties with no pain management clinic

1,917 of 3,144 U.S. counties (61%) have no pain management clinic. County-by-county analysis of where 12.4% of Americans live without a local pain management option — with the full dataset as CSV.

Updated 2026-07-28