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Published in final edited form as: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Mar 11;37(3):143–154. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2013.12.009

Table 2.

Episode description by group

				Provider Type
	N	Mean Days in Episode	Mean Provider Visits in Episode	Mean Number of Visits to DC	Mean Number of Visits to Primary Care	Mean Number of Visits to Imaging	Mean Number of Visits to Orthopedist	Mean Number of Visits to Interventional Pain Physicians
Chiropractic episodes¹	174	125.4	8.8	7.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.2
Chiropractic only	130	106.3	7.0	7.0	0	0	0	0

Chiropractic + Medical	44	185.8	14.6	10.3	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.8

Medical-only episodes	883	14.9	2.4	0	1	0.4	0.3	0.2

Chiropractic episodes include episodes with chiropractic services only (73%) and episodes that have chiropractic and medical services (24%).