A large body of evidence from such sources as the RAND Corporation

British Medical Journal, Virginia Studies, MEDSTAT Project, Western

Journal of Medicine, Journal of Occupational Health, The Gallup

Organization, Inc., and others support the following conclusions:

CHIROPRACTIC EFFICACY

Chiropractic manipulation is highly effective for back - and other spine-related conditions.Chiropractic demonstrates a strong advantage over medicine in efficacy and patient satisfaction.Chiropractic puts patients back to work sooner and with greater long term benefits.

COST CONTAINMENT

Chiropractic substitutes for more expensive medical care.  The overall case costs of chiropractic are less. Nationally, payments to chiropractors are much less than 1% of the total health care costs. Chiropractic care requires fewer referrals for specialists, x-ray, laboratories and  hospitalization. Nationally, chiropractic presents a dramatic cost advantage in the treatment of  those condition commonly treated by chiropractors.

In ALABAMA, the cost advantage of chiropractic care is even greater.

DEMAND AND ACCESS

Seventy-five percent of chiropractic bills are paid out-of-pocket by the patient, yet public use of  chiropractic care is growing rapidly.  Thirty percent of Americans have used chiropractic and over 90% of them felt their treatment was effective.

These Web Pages where constructed from various health and other publications on Nutrition.  The sole purpose is to provide information and is not considered to be medical advice. No medical claims are being made by Dr.H. Edward Elrod, or The Elrod Clinic.