We identified that over 80% of Australian workers with accepted workers’ compensation claims for low back pain longer than 2 weeks attended physiotherapists, chiropractors, and/or osteopaths in the first 2 years of their claim. Nearly 90% of these workers only attended physiotherapists, approximately two percent solely attended chiropractors, and one percent solely attended osteopaths. Workers from Victoria had a significantly greater likelihood of only attending osteopaths compared to workers from Queensland. Workers who only attended chiropractors or osteopaths had significantly fewer median attendances compared with workers who only attended physiotherapists (8, 10, and 13 attendances, respectively).
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