The chiropractic workforce: a global review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The world is faced with a chronic shortage of health workers, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers resulting in large gaps in service provision for people with disability. The magnitude of the unmet needs, especially within musculoskeletal conditions, is not well established as global data on health work resources are scarce.

Methods

We conducted an international, cross-sectional survey of all 193 United Nation member countries and seven dependencies to describe the global chiropractic workforce in terms of the availability (numbers and where they are practising), quality (education and licensing), accessibility (entry and reimbursement), and acceptability (scope of practi

SUBMITTER: Stochkendahl MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651973 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature