Geographic variations in availability and use of chiropractic under medicare

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Whedon, James M ^a   Song, Yunjie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aged; Chiropractic; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MEDICARE PART B; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862794727     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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