Gamber Russell, Holland Shane, Russo David P, Cruser des Anges, Hilsenrath Peter E
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2644, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005 Aug;105(8):357-67.
Despite the value that osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) may offer to healthcare consumers in a managed care, evidence-based healthcare system, very little research has been published on the cost-effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative treatment compared with other treatment modalities. The authors searched MEDLINE and OSTMED for English-language articles published between January 1966 and June 2002 using the key terms cost-effectiveness, osteopathic medicine, workers' compensation, hospital length of stay, healthcare providers, and manipulative medicine. The authors then extended their search by reviewing the reference lists provided in the articles initially identified as relevant by these databases. The purpose, methods, findings, and conclusions of each study were evaluated for how the cost-effectiveness of OMM was analyzed. The authors conclude that the osteopathic medical profession needs to conduct and publish research that is consistent with current practices in the conventional medical literature.
尽管整骨疗法医学（OMM）在管理式医疗、循证医疗体系中可能为医疗消费者带来价值，但与其他治疗方式相比，关于整骨手法治疗成本效益的研究发表得很少。作者检索了MEDLINE和OSTMED数据库，以查找1966年1月至2002年6月期间发表的英文文章，使用的关键词为成本效益、整骨医学、工伤赔偿、住院时间、医疗服务提供者和手法医学。然后，作者通过查阅这些数据库最初确定为相关的文章中提供的参考文献列表来扩展搜索范围。对每项研究的目的、方法、结果和结论进行评估，以分析OMM的成本效益是如何进行分析的。作者得出结论，整骨医学专业需要开展并发表与传统医学文献当前实践相一致的研究。
