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 Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hurwitz, Eric L ^a   Chiang, Lu May ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646449179     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-49     Document Type: Article

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