Lyndon G. Amorin-Woods, BAppSci(Chiropractic Topics in Integrative Health Care 2014, Vol. 5(2) ID: 5.2002 Abstract The 2009 Spinal Model of Care published by the Western Australian Health Department via the Musculoskeletal Health Network would benefit from an update. Best-evidence synthesis and cost-risks-benefits estimations suggest that such guidelines should provide: (1) the early assessment of patients […]
A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Evidence From Randomized Controlled Trials Tsertsvadze A, et al. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Jun 27. pii: S0161-4754(14)00087-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.05.001. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed Reference Abstract OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to systematically review trial-based economic evaluations of manual therapy relative to other alternative interventions […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Jun;37(5):300-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.03.002. Vavrek DA1, Sharma R2, Haas M3. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this analysis is to report the incremental costs and benefits of different doses of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). METHODS: We randomized 400 patients with chronic LBP to receive […]
So it seems like every study done so far demonstrates that chiropractic care is more cost effective than medical care except for one study. That was the Medicare chiropractic demonstration project which showed chiropractic to be more costly than medical care but that was only in one area of the country the Greater Chicago Area. […]
Chiropractic claims account for less than 1/10th of 1% of overall Medicare expenditures.
In this study, exercise therapy and manual therapy were more cost effective than usual care…
Craig Benton, D.C.: “So it seems like every study done so far demonstrates that chiropractic care is more cost effective than medical care except for one study. That was the Medicare chiropractic demonstration project which showed chiropractic to be more costly than medical care but that was only in one area of the country the […]
Med Care. 2012 Dec;50(12):1029-36. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318269e0b2. Martin BI1, Gerkovich MM, Deyo RA, Sherman KJ, Cherkin DC, Lind BK, Goertz CM, Lafferty WE. Abstract BACKGROUND: Health care costs associated with use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by patients with spine problems have not been studied in a national sample. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the total and […]
J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2012 Oct;22(5):655-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.02.011. Epub 2012 Mar 18. Michaleff ZA1, Lin CW, Maher CG, van Tulder MW. Abstract BACKGROUND: Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is frequently used by health professionals to manage spinal pain. With many treatments having comparable outcomes to SMT, determining the cost-effectiveness of these treatments has been identified as a […]
Matthew A. Davis, DC, MPH Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 September 1; 37(19): 1693–1701. Abstract Study Design Serial, cross-sectional, nationally representative surveys of non-institutionalized adults. Objective To examine expenditures on common ambulatory health services for the management of back and neck conditions. Summary of Background Data Although it is well recognized that national costs associated with […]
Cost effectiveness of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and general practitioner care for neck pain: economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial. AuthorsKorthals-de Bos IB, et al. BMJ. 2003 Apr 26;326(7395):911. Comment in BMJ. 2003 Aug 16;327(7411):395. BMJ. 2003 Apr 26;326(7395):914. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and care by a general […]