[Strategic procedures in founding a pain outpatient clinic]

After 3 years of clinical work the first experiences in founding a pain outpatient clinic shall be reported. Meanwhile we treat about 150 patients every 3 months with more than 300 contacts. Patients suffer from headache, back pain, neuropathic,rheumatic and other pain states, but not cancer pain. Therapy lasts for 18 to 24 months. The different procedures presented as follows are performed with regard to lawful structures and orders. Difficulties consist of logistic transfer, financial problems and professional occupations, so that criteria for real interdisciplinarity are not yet fulfilled.