Chiropractic identity, role and future: a survey of North American chiropractic students

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Published online 2015 Feb 2. doi: 10.1186/s12998-014-0048-1

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Table 4

Respondents’ opinions, by topic

Doctors of chiropractic should be considered	n	%
Complementary/alternative health practitioners	312	25.0
Mainstream health care practitioners	862	69.1
Missing	73	5.9
The most important practice paradigm for the chiropractic profession is
Subluxation correction only focus	192	15.4
Primary spine/musculoskeletal care physician	585	46.9
General/Primary care physician	318	25.5
Other	81	6.5
Missing	71	5.7
The most important setting for chiropractic health care is
Integrated settings with other health care disciplines including allopathic medicine	354	28.4
Integrated settings with alternative medicine practitioners only	51	4.1
Alone or with other DC’s, without integration with any other health care disciplines	102	8.2
Any/all of the above	670	53.7
Missing	70	5.6
Chiropractic researchers should focus future efforts primarily on
Physiological mechanisms of chiropractic adjustments	584	46.8
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care	349	28.0
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of integrative care models	240	19.2
Missing	74	5.9