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| Title |
The establishment of a primary spine care practitioner and its benefits to health care reform in the United States
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| Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, July 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/2045-709x-19-17 |
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| Authors |
Donald R Murphy, Brian D Justice, Ian C Paskowski, Stephen M Perle, Michael J Schneider |
| Abstract |
It is widely recognized that the dramatic increase in health care costs in the United States has not led to a corresponding improvement in the health care experience of patients or the clinical outcomes of medical care. In no area of medicine is this more true than in the area of spine related disorders (SRDs). Costs of medical care for SRDs have skyrocketed in recent years. Despite this, there is no evidence of improvement in the quality of this care. In fact, disability related to SRDs is on the rise. We argue that one of the key solutions to this is for the health care system to have a group of practitioners who are trained to function as primary care practitioners for the spine. We explain the reasons we think a primary spine care practitioner would be beneficial to patients, the health care system and society, some of the obstacles that will need to be overcome in establishing a primary spine care specialty and the ways in which these obstacles can be overcome. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 53% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 4% |
| Psychology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 13 | 16% |