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Geographic variation in utilization of chiropractic and primary care for new onset neck pain among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States in 2021

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-15531-w

Published Online: 2026-09-03

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Authors

Grout, Leah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4427-7314
Anderson, Brian

Hannah, Alexis

MacKenzie, Todd

Moonaz, Steffany

Whedon, James
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) of the National Institutes of Health (2R15AT010035-02)
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Article History

Received: 6 December 2024

Accepted: 31 August 2026

First Online: 3 September 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol received ethical approval from the Southern California University of Health Sciences IRB (approval #2R15AT010035/WHED011 issued on 09/05/2022) and was deemed secondary research for which informed consent was not required.

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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