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Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation
Hong Kong's healthcare system is moving toward preventive and primary care to address the complicated demands of the aging population. Chiropractic professionals are in an advantageous position to support a prevention-focused strategy by identifying musculoskeletal problems early, reducing risk...
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37009374 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36950 |
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author | Lin, Andy Fu Chieh Cunliffe, Christina Chu, Valerie K Chan, Vincent Leung, Albert C Lau, Rick P Lam, Kary K Yeung, Jacky C Leung, Kingsley Ng, Lucina Chu, Eric Chun-Pu |
author_facet | Lin, Andy Fu Chieh Cunliffe, Christina Chu, Valerie K Chan, Vincent Leung, Albert C Lau, Rick P Lam, Kary K Yeung, Jacky C Leung, Kingsley Ng, Lucina Chu, Eric Chun-Pu |
author_sort | Lin, Andy Fu Chieh |
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description | Hong Kong's healthcare system is moving toward preventive and primary care to address the complicated demands of the aging population. Chiropractic professionals are in an advantageous position to support a prevention-focused strategy by identifying musculoskeletal problems early, reducing risks, and promoting healthy lifestyles. This article examines how the involvement of chiropractors in public health programs could improve population health in Hong Kong and boost primary care. The inclusion of chiropractors in district health centers and other initiatives would offer safer and more cost-effective choices for treating functional problems and chronic pain. Chiropractors should be involved in policymakers' attempts to create a sustainable healthcare system that meets Hong Kong's long-term healthcare requirements. |
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spelling | pubmed-100648162023-04-01 Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation Lin, Andy Fu Chieh Cunliffe, Christina Chu, Valerie K Chan, Vincent Leung, Albert C Lau, Rick P Lam, Kary K Yeung, Jacky C Leung, Kingsley Ng, Lucina Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Cureus Preventive Medicine Hong Kong's healthcare system is moving toward preventive and primary care to address the complicated demands of the aging population. Chiropractic professionals are in an advantageous position to support a prevention-focused strategy by identifying musculoskeletal problems early, reducing risks, and promoting healthy lifestyles. This article examines how the involvement of chiropractors in public health programs could improve population health in Hong Kong and boost primary care. The inclusion of chiropractors in district health centers and other initiatives would offer safer and more cost-effective choices for treating functional problems and chronic pain. Chiropractors should be involved in policymakers' attempts to create a sustainable healthcare system that meets Hong Kong's long-term healthcare requirements. Cureus 2023-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10064816/ /pubmed/37009374 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36950 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Preventive Medicine Lin, Andy Fu Chieh Cunliffe, Christina Chu, Valerie K Chan, Vincent Leung, Albert C Lau, Rick P Lam, Kary K Yeung, Jacky C Leung, Kingsley Ng, Lucina Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title | Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title_full | Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title_fullStr | Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title_short | Prevention-Focused Care: The Potential Role of Chiropractors in Hong Kong’s Primary Healthcare Transformation |
title_sort | prevention-focused care: the potential role of chiropractors in hong kong’s primary healthcare transformation |
topic | Preventive Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37009374 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36950 |
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