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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 11.
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
1

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