A recent study published in the Spine Journal examined the costs of treating back disorders for the 90 days before disc surgery. They looked at approximately 30,000 patients that met the inclusion criteria. There was over $100 million of charges with 32% for injections and 31% for diagnostic imaging giving these 2 categories 63% or almost 2/3 of the presurgery charges. Physical therapy services were 11% of the charges and chiropractic treatment was only 2% of the charges.
Although these percentages do not reflect amounts of treatment, they are similar to many cost-effectiveness studies that show better cost effectiveness for chiropractic care compared to medical care.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20359960
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