Blue Cross/Blue Shield Promotes Chiropractic Care Near Me
| Blue Cross Blue Shield promotes benefits of chiropractic care near me. [Published on Nov 13, 2011] Good To Know information on the benefits of chiropractic care near me. |
In the United States, back pain is the second leading cause of physician visits and is second only to childbirth for hospitalizations. It is also the most prevalent chronic medical problem, the number one cause of long-term disability, and the second most common cause of restricted activity and use of prescription and nonprescription drugs.
Access to managed chiropractic care near me may reduce overall health care expenditures through several effects, including (1) positive risk selection; (2) substitution of chiropractic for traditional medical care, particularly for spine conditions; (3) more conservative, less invasive treatment profiles; and (4) lower health service costs associated with managed chiropractic care. Systematic access to managed chiropractic care near me not only may prove to be clinically beneficial but also may reduce overall health care costs.
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| Archives of Internal Medicine/Vol 164, OCT 11, 2004 |
Going About Spine Care the Wrong Way - Spine care "bass-ackwards." |
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| Article Highlights | |
| - A 2013 study of Washington state workers who had recently filed worker’s compensation claims due to back injury found a 41.2 percent decrease in lumbar spine surgeries when the claimant consulted a chiropractor near me first. |  |
| - Priority Health a major health plan in Western Michigan found that when they required spine patients who were heading for a non-urgent surgical consultation to first consult a physiatrist, surgical referrals decreased 48 percent, spine surgeries decreased 25 percent, and surgical costs dropped 25.1 percent. |  |
| - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan requires that patients with chronic back pain undergo a minimum of three months of chiropractic and/or physical therapy before any spine surgery is approved. |  |
