Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapy, May 2007; 30(4): 263–269, Richard L. Sarnat, MD, James Winterstein, DC, Jerrilyn A. Cambron, DC, PhD
This study analyzed clinical and cost utilization data for an integrative medicine association whose primary care physicians were exclusively doctors of chiropractic. Clinical and cost utilization based on 70,274 member-months over a 7-year period demonstrated decreases of 60.2% in-hospital admissions, 59.0% less hospital days, 62.0% less outpatient surgeries and procedures, and 85% less pharmaceutical costs when compared with conventional medicine performance for the same HMO product in the same geography and time frame.
This study analyzed clinical and cost utilization data for an integrative medicine association whose primary care physicians were exclusively doctors of chiropractic. Clinical and cost utilization based on 70,274 member-months over a 7-year period demonstrated decreases of 60.2% in-hospital admissions, 59.0% less hospital days, 62.0% less outpatient surgeries and procedures, and 85% less pharmaceutical costs when compared with conventional medicine performance for the same HMO product in the same geography and time frame.
