Chiropractor in North Wales PA Discusses Chiropractic Report
The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress Report , done by the esteemed medical authors Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PHD (Harvard Medical School) and Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH (Mercer health and Benefits), produced these conclusions from the Executive Summary: Chiropractic care is more effective than other modalities for treating low back and neck pain Total cost of care per year: 1. For low back pain, chiropractic physician care increases total annual per patient spending by $75 compared to medical physician care 2. For neck pain, chiropractic physician care reduces total annual per patient spending by $302 compared to medical physician care . Cost-effectiveness: When considering effectiveness and cost together, chiropractic physician care for low back and neck pain is highly cost-effective, represents a good value in comparison to medical physician care and to widely accepted cost-effectiveness thresholds. Because we were unable to incorporate savings in drug spending commonly a