Chiropractors` experience and readiness to work in Indigenous Australian Communities: a preliminary cross-sectional survey to explore preparedness, perceived barriers and facilitators for chiropractors practising cross-culturally

Table 5 Facilitators to Indigenous patients seeking chiropractic care

Themes
	Personal Financial	Accessibility Geographical Issues	Educational Education of Community	Professional Issues Cultural Competency
Examples of Comments
1	Needs to be a reduction in cost of treatment to patients by increasing Extended Primary Care (EPC)/Medicare rebate	Provision of remote health services	Advertise benefits of chiropractic care	Train chiropractors in cultural competency and Indigenous health
2	Educating other health providers	Travelling chiropractors	Word of mouth for patients	Increase number of Indigenous chiropractors
3	Government to provide better subsidies for Indigenous patients	Community outreach programs	Educate community about synergy between chiropractic and Indigenous core beliefs

(n = 112)
(Note: Bold text refers to themes and text below refers to codes that were used to construct themes)

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