The provision of chiropractic, physiotherapy and osteopathic services within the Australian private health-care system: A report of recent trends

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Engel, Roger M ^a   Brown, Benjamin T ^a   Swain, Michael S ^a   Lystad, Reidar P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Chiropractic; Healthcare utilisation; Osteopathy; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 84892659835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-22-3     Document Type: Article

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