Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · May 2009
Determinants of costs and pain improvement for medical and chiropractic care of low back pain.
The purpose of this study was to identify short-term and long-term determinants of costs and pain improvement for care of low back pain (LBP) provided by medical doctors (MDs) and chiropractors (DCs). ⋯ Cost predictors were driven by insurance type and pain improvement was driven by LBP complaint characteristics.