2024
The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emary P, Corcoran K, Coleman B, Brown A, Ciraco C, DiDonato J, Wang L, Couban R, Sud A, Busse J. The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews 2024, 13: 232. PMID: 39267131, PMCID: PMC11394937, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02654-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChiropractic careSpine painRandomized controlled trialsPrescription opioid useOdds ratioConfidence intervalsHazard ratioSystematic reviewAssociated with lower oddsHealth care providersObservational studyPairs of reviewersPrescription opioidsRisk-of-bias assessmentOpioid useCertainty of evidencePeer-reviewed publicationsChiropractic LiteratureChiropractic servicesRandom-effects modelCare providersWeb of ScienceMusculoskeletal painSources of heterogeneityDiscussionOur review
2022
The rate of use of Veterans Affairs chiropractic care: a 5-year analysis
Burdick R, Corcoran KL, Zhao X, Lisi A. The rate of use of Veterans Affairs chiropractic care: a 5-year analysis. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2022, 30: 4. PMID: 35062971, PMCID: PMC8781440, DOI: 10.1186/s12998-022-00413-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChiropractic careCorporate Data WarehouseChiropractic useVA facilitiesVeterans AffairsChiropractic servicesVeteran populationVA Corporate Data WarehouseFacility characteristicsCommunity care useMethodsCross-sectional analysisVA chiropractic servicesNon-pharmacologic treatmentsCommunity care providersCare delivery mechanismsUnique veteransRate of useMusculoskeletal conditionsCare useSite careHigh prevalenceCare providersVeterans' useChiropractic workforceUS population