The United States Chiropractic Workforce: An alternative or complement to primary care?

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Davis, Matthew A ^a   Mackenzie, Todd A ^a   Coulter, Ian D ^b   Whedon, James M ^c   Weeks, William B ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Distribution; Health resources; Manpower; Supply

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872691938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-35     Document Type: Article

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