Chiropractic practice in military and veterans health care: The state of the literature.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize scholarly literature that describes practice, utilization, and/or policy of chiropractic services within international active duty and/or veteran health care environments.


METHODS
PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the Index to Chiropractic Literature were searched from their starting dates through June 2009.


METHODS
All authors independently reviewed each of the articles to verify that each met the inclusion criteria. Citations of included papers and other pertinent findings were logged in a summary table.


RESULTS
Thirteen articles were included in this study. Integration of chiropractic care into military or veteran health care systems has been described in 3 systems: the United States Department of Defense, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Canadian Forces.


CONCLUSIONS
Chiropractic services seem to be included successfully within military and veteran health care facilities. However, there is a great need for additional written evaluation of the processes, policies, practices, and effectiveness of chiropractic services in these environments.
Green
Bart N
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Chiropractic Division, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Naval Medical Center San Diego, MCAS Miramar Branch Medical Clinic, PO Box 452002, San Diego, CA 92145-2002. Email: bart.green@med.navy.mil.
Johnson
Claire D
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Lisi
Anthony J
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Tucker
John
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