Stano M
School of Business Administration, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res. 1992;13:191-204.
This article surveys the economic literature on chiropractors. Chiropractors provide a substantial amount of care for those with various neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders and represent the fastest growing segment of the professional health services market. Yet the study of the profession has been neglected in the health services research literature. The goals of this article are to take stock of the existing literature and data sources. After providing background information, including recent developments in antitrust, I merge various data sources to assess the growth of expenditures for chiropractic care and the proportion of the population using this care. Other data sources and features are also described. I conclude with a discussion of the significance of further research on the profession to existing policy efforts to contain costs and improve health care delivery.
本文综述了关于脊椎按摩师的经济学文献。脊椎按摩师为患有各种神经肌肉骨骼疾病的患者提供大量护理服务，并且是专业健康服务市场中增长最快的领域。然而，该行业的研究在健康服务研究文献中一直被忽视。本文的目的是评估现有文献和数据来源。在提供背景信息（包括反垄断方面的最新进展）之后，我整合了各种数据来源，以评估脊椎按摩治疗支出的增长情况以及使用这种治疗的人口比例。还描述了其他数据来源和特征。最后，我讨论了对该行业进行进一步研究对于现有控制成本和改善医疗服务提供的政策努力的重要性。
