The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain

Data Collection Instruments and a Manual for Their Use

Paul G. Shekelle, Ian D. Coulter, Eric Hurwitz, Barbara Genovese

ResearchPublished 1995

RAND has undertaken the first systematic evaluation of the use of chiropractic services in the United States. This study has collected a large amount of data about chiropractors, their patients, and chiropractic care, from San Diego, CA; Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA; Minneapolis, MN; Miami, FL; and Toronto, Canada. At each participating chiropractor's office, the following data were collected: (1) a chiropractor questionnaire, which collected information about the practitioner's practice style and education; (2) a patient survey, which collected information about patient's current health status and attitudes; (3) information about number of patients seen in the past week; (4) process-of-care information from randomly selected office records. This report contains the data collection instruments, and a manual for their use.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1995
  • Pages: 131
  • Document Number: R-4025/5-CCR/FCER

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Shekelle, Paul G., Ian D. Coulter, Eric Hurwitz, and Barbara Genovese, The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain: Data Collection Instruments and a Manual for Their Use. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1995. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4025z5.html.
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