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Table 4 Specialty provider distribution across chiropractic users and nonusers

From: A longitudinal study of chiropractic use among older adults in the United States

Specialty

Lower Volume Users

(N = 676)

High Volume Users

(N = 130)

Non Users

(N = 4,704)

Internal Medicine

13.1%

10.6%

15.5%

Family Practice

10.3%

9.8%

9.6%

Clinical Lab

9.0%

6.3%

9.9%

Diagnostic Radiology

8.8%

7.2%

9.5%

Cardiology

7.1%

5.2%

7.4%

Opthalmology

5.6%

4.3%

5.7%

Chiropractic

4.1%

21.5%

0.0%

Sum of Specialty Percentages Listed

58.1%

64.9%

57.6%

Total Claim Volume

6,636

9,080

759,616

  1. Note: Not all specialty codes are listed so sum of specialties does not add up to 100%.