Implications and limitations of appropriateness studies for chiropractic

Journal of Chiropractic Humanities

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Whedon, James M ^a   Davis, Matthew A ^a   Phillips, Reed B ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Disease management; Small area analysis; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NOTE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 78649920712     PISSN: 15563499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echu.2010.10.001     Document Type: Note

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