Table 3 Inter-professional relationships between PCPs and chiropractors
From: Referral patterns and attitudes of Primary Care Physicians towards chiropractors
Question | Response | DO N (%) | MD N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Have you ever recommended patient see a DC? | Yes | 69 (65.7%) | 251 (64.4%) |
| Â | No | 36 (34.3%) | 139 (35.6%) |
Do you recommend patient contacts DC on own or initiate formal referral? | Patient contacts DC | 61 (87.1%) | 215 (87%) |
| Â | Doctor initiates referral | 8 (11.4%) | 29 (11.7%) |
| Â | Unknown | 1 (1.4%) | 3 (1.2%) |
Have you ever referred patient to DC for evaluation or treatment? | Yes | 22 (24.2%) | 96 (29.4%) |
| Â | No | 69 (75.8%) | 230 (70.3%) |
How often referral includes sending case report? | Always | 2 (10%) | 22 (23.9%) |
| Â | Usually | 8 (40%) | 21 (22.8%) |
| Â | Sometimes | 7 (35%) | 22 (23.9%) |
| Â | Never | 3 (15%) | 27 (29.3%) |
How often referral includes sending X-rays or X-ray report? | Always | 2 (9.5%) | 15 (16.5%) |
| Â | Usually | 8 (38.1%) | 25 (27.5%) |
| Â | Sometimes | 7 (33.3%) | 31 (34.1%) |
| Â | Never | 4 (19%) | 20 (22%) |
How often referral includes sending clinical records other than X-rays? | Always | 1 (4.8%) | 12 (13.6%) |
| Â | Usually | 8 (38.1%) | 19 (21.6%) |
| Â | Sometimes | 7 (33.3%) | 31 (35.2%) |
| Â | Never | 5 (23.8%) | 26 (29.5%) |
How often referral includes sending reason for referral? | Always | 12 (60%) | 64 (73.6%) |
| Â | Usually | 4 (20%) | 9 (10.3%) |
| Â | Sometimes | 2 (10%) | 4 (4.6%) |
| Â | Never | 2 (10%) | 9 (10.3%) |
Have accepted referral from other DC | Yes | 85 (82.5%) | 215 (55.4%) |
| Â | No | 18 (17.5%) | 173 (44.6%) |
How often do you send clinical information to referring DC as follow-up to referral? | Always | 18 (21.2%) | 33 (15.9%) |
| Â | Usually | 27 (31.8%) | 49 (23.7%) |
| Â | Sometimes | 25 (29.4%) | 72 (34.8%) |
| Â | Never | 15 (17.6%) | 52 (25.1%) |
Has a DC obtained clinical information or advice via curbside consultation | Yes | 37 (34.9%) | 71 (18.3%) |
| Â | No | 69 (65.1%) | 316 (81.7%) |
Have you obtained clinical information or advice from a DC via curbside consultation? | Yes | 12 (11.5%) | 28 (7.3%) |
| Â | No | 92 (88.5%) | 356 (92.7%) |