Table 2Adjusted Difference in the Rate of Visits to Medical Providers, Diagnostic Imaging, and Treatment for Spine Conditions
Rate, No. per 1,000 Decreased Access Did Not Decrease Access Healthcare Utilization Measure Before After Before After Difference Within Differencea, No. per 1,000 (95% CI) P Value Visits Chiropractic care 6,176.1 3,097.8 6,252.2 3,520.6 –309.4 (–514.5 to –104.3) < 0.01 Primary care physicians for spine conditions 535.1 507.2 559.7 496.0 32.3 (1.4 to 63.1) 0.04 Surgeons for spine conditions 252.2 207.0 267.4 201.5 17.2 (–3.5 to 37.9) 0.10 Medical specialists for spine conditions 240.5 213.5 258.1 218.4 2.6 (–24.0 to 29.1) 0.85 Diagnostic imaging Plain film radiographs for spine conditions 296.8 228.9 311.0 230.6 12.5 (–2.5 to 27.5) 0.10 Advanced imaging for spine conditions 171.9 157.4 175.8 155.7 5.7 (–5.9 to 17.3) 0.33 Treatment Spine surgeries 21.4 22.1 23.4 18.6 5.5 (1.3 to 9.8) 0.01 Opioid prescriptions 766.1 1,112.3 744.0 1,085.5 –7.9 (–76.6 to 60.9) 0.82
a Adjusted for age, sex, race, baseline comorbidity, and year of move.