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| If you’re beginning to think that more and more people are going to a chiropractor, you’re right. Each time a new study is done the numbers of people going to chiropractors continues to rise. This rise is also closely correlated with the rise in usage of other non-medical forms of health care. In 1990, a study by Eisenberg illustrated a usage of chiropractic in the United States of 10%. This number grew to 16% by the year 1994 in a study by Austin. In a recent Stanford study, the numbers have continued to grow up to 17% of all Americans seeing chiropractors. This is not surprising when we see that this same Stanford study showed that 81% of those receiving chiropractic care considered it to be totally effective. Oddly enough only 55% of those in the study who received chiropractic care said their care was covered by insurance. This meant a very large portion of the care was paid for out of pocket by the patients themselves. These numbers reflect a consumer base that wants chiropractic and is willing to pay for it. Study shows more people visiting chiropractors In the May issue of American Journal of Public Health, a study was published entitled Use of chiropractic services from 1895 through 1991 in the United States and Canada. The conclusion of this study was that the number of visits to chiropractors has more than doubled in the past 20 years. The study further reported that on average patients were between the ages of 30 and 50 years old. The study also showed that slightly more females than males sought chiropractic care. According to Dr. Alan Adams, "This study is the most current description of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients seeking care from Doctors of chiropractic that has been published in the literature." This study was conducted by the Rand Corporation and the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in Santa Monica, California. |
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| Compared to years past, stories depicting individual chiropractors in a positive light are turning up more often than not. Years ago, the only stories the press would publish on chiropractors were attempts to show them as a fringe group well disliked by the medical community. Today very few of those stories arise and more of the positive stories hit the media. One such story comes from the November 08, 2000 Birmingham News titled, "Chiropractor joins team providing actors' health care". This story is about two chiropractors who are brothers and who both take care of the theater performers in two different cities, Boston and Birmingham. The story is about how these two are relied upon by the actors to stay healthy and perform better. Another article very favorable to chiropractic was from a Washington Post Staff writer. In his Nov. 6, 2000 article he recanted that prior to his back problem he though he would never go to a chiropractor in a thousand years. But after medicine failed him and his life was ruled by his problem, he decided to go. He spent the rest of the article bragging on how great chiropractic is and how it changed his life. Probably the best part of these recent articles was a description in a newspaper of what chiropractic is by the chiropractor they interviewed. In it this doctor said, "Chiropractic has a lot to do with the wellness part of peoples lives. After all, your spine protects your nervous system, and that controls your whole body. To be healthy, you want to make sure the nervous system is functioning at 100 percent. The misalignment of the vertebrae known in the profession as subluxation can cause a wide variety of disorders. These include digestive difficulties, sinus problems and allergies, along with the typical aches and pains of the neck or lower back." |
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| In a report released on January 10, 2000 from the development firm Sorelli B of Illinois comes the results of a survey that shows the public wants chiropractic and considers it a necessary part of health care coverage. Over 400 random adults from all over the US participated in the survey. Here are some of the results. Over 46% said that they strongly agree that, "Chiropractic benefits should become core benefits in my health plan." Only 33% of those who had visited a chiropractor in the year before the survey had those visits covered by insurance. Interestingly enough, slightly more people, 36% were willing to pay more than $20 for a visit to a chiropractor while only 32% were willing to pay that amount to see an MD. In addition, 64% were willing to increase their monthly insurance premium to include chiropractic care in their policy. Patient satisfaction with chiropractic care was also surveyed. The results were equally impressive. Of those surveyed 37% agreed strongly that, "spending money on chiropractic today saves me money tomorrow." When compared to medicine, chiropractic did well in the consumers eyes. A full 14% of respondents reported that their condition was the same or got worse after going to the MD, while only 2% said they were no better or worse following the chiropractic visit. Amazingly, 93% expressed that they had a positive outcome after chiropractic care compared with 81% for medical care. But probably the best measure was that aside from having a positive outcome 60% of consumers in the survey reported that, "my chiropractor has improved the quality of my life." |
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