Chiropractic - Economics
Utilization and satisfaction rates
Chiropractic is the largest alternative medical profession in the U.S.[1] and is the 3rd largest doctored profession behind medicine and dentistry in North America.[2] The percentage of population that utilize chiropractic care at any given time generally fall into a range from 6% to 12% in the U.S. and Canada,[3] with a global high of 20% in Alberta.[4] The vast majority who seek chiropractic care do so for relief from back and neck pain and other neuromusculoskeletal complaints;[5] most do so specifically for low back pain.[3] Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners such as chiropractors are often used as a complementary form of care to primary medical intervention.[3] Satisfaction rates are typically higher for chiropractic care compared to medical care, with quality of communication seeming to be a consistent predictor of patient satisfaction with chiropractors.[6] Despite high patient satisfaction scores, utilization of chiropractic care is sensitive to the costs incurred by the co-payment by the patient.[7] The use of chiropractic is growing modestly; CAM as a whole is seeing wholesale increases.[3] Employment of U.S. chiropractors is expected to increase 14% between 2006 and 2016, faster than the average for all occupations.[8] A 2008 survey stated that 69% of DC chiropractors disagree with the categorization of chiropractic as CAM, with 27% having some preference for the term "integrated medicine."[9]
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- ↑ Crownfield PW (2007). "Chiropractic in Alberta: a model of consumer utilization and satisfaction". Dyn Chiropr. 25 (6).
- ↑ Hurwitz EL, Chiang LM (2006). "A comparative analysis of chiropractic and general practitioner patients in North America: findings from the joint Canada/United States Survey of Health, 2002–03". BMC Health Serv Res. 6 (49). doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-49. PMID 16600038.
- ↑ Gaumer G (2006). "Factors associated with patient satisfaction with chiropractic care: survey and review of the literature". J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 29 (6): 455–62. doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.06.013. PMID 16904491.
- ↑ Chapman-Smith DA, Cleveland CS III (2005). "International status, standards, and education of the chiropractic profession". In Haldeman S, Dagenais S, Budgell B et al. (eds.). Principles and Practice of Chiropractic (3rd ed. ed.). McGraw-Hill. pp. 111–34. ISBN 0-07-137534-1.
- ↑ Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007). "Occupational outlook handbook". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ↑ "Do Chiropractors Identify with Complementary and Alternative Medicine? Results of a Survey". J Altern Complement Med. 13 (4): 361–368. 2008. doi:10.1089/acm.2007.0766. PMID 18435599.