Chiropractic care | Comparator group(s) | Comparator | Lowest | Differenced | |||||
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First author | Year | Health care costs included | n | Costs | n | Costs | |||
Butler [39] | 2010 | Office visits, PT, imaging, medications | 54a | $1,296 | 1. MD care, 2 MD care + chiropractic care +/− PT care, 3. MD care + PT care, 4. Other | 930a | $4,925 | Chiropractic | −74 % |
Cifuentes [37] | 2011 | Not specified | 159b | $415 | 1. PT maintenance carec, 2. MD maintenance care, 3. PT and MD maintenance care, 4. Other maintenance care, 5. No maintenance care | 735b | $566 | Chiropractic | −27 % |
Gilkey [35] | 2008 | Not specified | 76 | $868 | MD care | 2,380 | $264 | Comparator | 229 % |
Jarvis [38] | 1997 | All health care costs associated with claim | 1,007 | $596 | MD care | 2,279 | $658 | Chiropractic | −9 % |
Johnson [34] | 1999 | Office visits, PT, imaging, other diagnostic testing, medications, hospital visits | 173 | $1,044 | MD care | 671 | $1,075 | Chiropractic | −3 % |
Phelan [36] | 2004 | Office visits to DC/MD/PT, medications, hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, supplies | 181 | $685 | 1. MD care, 2. MD care + chiropractic care, 3. No MD care or chiropractic care | 10,930 | $7,904 | Chiropractic | −91 % |