William C. Meeker, D.C., M.P.H.

Chiropractic in the United States: Role in Health Care System
October 10, 2019 by , ,

Chapter VII: Chiropractic in the Health Care System Robert D. Mootz, DC; William C. Meeker, DC, MPH; Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD**Comments in red by Stephen Barrett, M.D.Chiropractic occupies a unique position in the United States health care system. It is the most widely disseminated indigenous American system of healing and the most frequently used type of alternative health care in the United States (Gaucher-Peslherbe, 1995; Eisenberg, 1993). Its steadily increasing acceptance and use by the public, third- party payers, and the Federal government indicate that chiropractic is no longer the “marginal” or “deviant” profession it was once considered to be (Wardwell, 1952). In recent years, a number of outside observers have suggested that the profession has now entered the health care mainstream (Coile, 1995a, 1995b; …