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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain is one of the most frequent clinical complaint in daily, ambulatory and hospital practice. Regardless of its cause, it remains undervalued and, as a consequence, without adequate management, resulting in poor control, thus impairing a physical and social rehabilitation proposal. This study aimed at presenting a pain control program and at spreading the real advantages of its implementation. CASE REPORT: This is a descriptive study with experience report of a national reference orthopedic surgical hospital exclusively assisting Single Health System patients. CONCLUSION: This experience and its results encourage the maintenance of the Pain Control Policy and contribute to reference to other health institutions the benefits of implementing similar programs and policies.