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Does chiropractic utilization substitute for less available medical services?

Author(s) -

Charles E. Yesalis,

R. B. Wallace,

Wayne P. Fisher,

Rod Tokheim

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.4.415

Subject(s) - chiropractic , medicine , medical services , medical care , family medicine , cohort , health care , health services , environmental health , gerontology , alternative medicine , population , pathology , economics , economic growth

In Muscatine, Iowa, a medically underserved rural area, a cohort study of health care utilization was made before and after a significant increase in medical manpower. There was a slight increase, rather than a decrease, in the use of chiropractic services associated with the growth in the physician manpower pool. The level of access to physician services was not a significant predictor of chiropractice utilization.

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