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Table 2 Mean annual number of services, total cost, benefits paid, and out-of-pocket cost by manual therapy profession in Australia during 2008–2012 and 2013–2017

From: Service utilisation trends in the manual therapy professions within the Australian private healthcare setting between 2008 and 2017

 

Chiropractic

Osteopathy

Physiotherapy

Total

2008–2012

 Number of services

8,843,123

608,661

8,688,070

18,139,854

 Total cost

$499,262,656

$50,005,462

$574,407,353

$1,123,675,471

 Benefits paid

$254,685,115

$22,399,268

$290,222,043

$567,306,426

 Out-of-pocket cost

$244,577,541

$27,606,195

$284,185,310

$556,369,045

2013–2017

 Number of services

9,572,967

922,831

11,081,203

21,577,001

 Total cost

$564,209,658

$78,288,323

$786,983,304

$1,429,481,285

 Benefits paid

$294,756,234

$31,985,334

$396,383,823

$723,125,391

 Out-of-pocket cost

$269,453,424

$46,302,990

$390,599,481

$706,355,895