Journal article
Complaints about chiropractors, osteopaths, and physiotherapists: A retrospective cohort study of health, performance, and conduct concerns
AT Ryan, LS Too, MM Bismark
Chiropractic and Manual Therapies | BMC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: Recent media reports have highlighted the risks to patients that may occur when practitioners in the chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy professions provide services in an unethical or unsafe manner. Yet research on complaints about chiropractors, osteopaths, and physiotherapists is limited. Our aim was to understand differences in the frequency and nature of formal complaints about practitioners in these professions in order to inform improvements in professional regulation and education. Methods: This retrospective cohort study analysed all formal complaints about all registered chiropractors, osteopaths, and physiotherapists in Australia lodged with health regulators be..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (1092933) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency. AHPRA and HPCA provided data for the study and reviewed the draft manuscript for factual accuracy. Analysis and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, and the decision to submit for publication was conducted independently of the funders.