Cost comparison of two approaches to chiropractic care for patients with acute and sub-acute low Back pain care episodes: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low back pain (LBP) imposes a costly burden upon patients, healthcare insurers, and society overall. Spinal manipulation as practiced by chiropractors has been found be cost-effective for treatment of LBP, but there is wide variation among chiropractors in their approach to clinical care, and the most cost-effective approach to chiropractic care is uncertain. To date, little has been published regarding the cost effectiveness of different approaches to chiropractic care. Thus, the current study presents a cost comparison between chiropractic approaches for patients with acute or subacute care episodes for low back pain.

Methods

We employed a retrospective cohort design to examine costs of chiropractic care among patients diagnosed with acute or subacute low back p

SUBMITTER: Whedon JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734754 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature