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Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach

Chiropractic treatment in Hong Kong has demonstrated high effectiveness in cases where traditional therapies have failed, with minimal associated adverse events. The growing aging population, prevalence of disabilities, and musculoskeletal conditions have increased the demand for rehabilitation serv...

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Autores principales: Ng, Lucina, Chu, Valerie, Lam, Kary K, Chan, Vincent, Lau, Rick, Leung, Albert, Leung, Kingsley, Yeung, Jacky C, Cunliffe, Christina, Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10092057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37056217
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37481
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author Ng, Lucina
Chu, Valerie
Lam, Kary K
Chan, Vincent
Lau, Rick
Leung, Albert
Leung, Kingsley
Yeung, Jacky C
Cunliffe, Christina
Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
author_facet Ng, Lucina
Chu, Valerie
Lam, Kary K
Chan, Vincent
Lau, Rick
Leung, Albert
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Yeung, Jacky C
Cunliffe, Christina
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description Chiropractic treatment in Hong Kong has demonstrated high effectiveness in cases where traditional therapies have failed, with minimal associated adverse events. The growing aging population, prevalence of disabilities, and musculoskeletal conditions have increased the demand for rehabilitation services. Over the past few years, the chiropractic profession has raised awareness of treatment benefits. Providing high-quality training and education, licensing/regulation, interprofessional collaboration, increased accessibility, and research are factors influencing the chiropractic workforce and meeting the population’s health needs. To achieve the number of chiropractors required by Hong Kong for adequate service according to international standards, future efforts could include increased licensing/registration efficiency, expanded coverage of public/private insurance, system integration/interprofessional collaboration, public education, and local research to build evidence and to support workforce growth and acceptance.
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spelling pubmed-100920572023-04-12 Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach Ng, Lucina Chu, Valerie Lam, Kary K Chan, Vincent Lau, Rick Leung, Albert Leung, Kingsley Yeung, Jacky C Cunliffe, Christina Chu, Eric Chun-Pu Cureus Preventive Medicine Chiropractic treatment in Hong Kong has demonstrated high effectiveness in cases where traditional therapies have failed, with minimal associated adverse events. The growing aging population, prevalence of disabilities, and musculoskeletal conditions have increased the demand for rehabilitation services. Over the past few years, the chiropractic profession has raised awareness of treatment benefits. Providing high-quality training and education, licensing/regulation, interprofessional collaboration, increased accessibility, and research are factors influencing the chiropractic workforce and meeting the population’s health needs. To achieve the number of chiropractors required by Hong Kong for adequate service according to international standards, future efforts could include increased licensing/registration efficiency, expanded coverage of public/private insurance, system integration/interprofessional collaboration, public education, and local research to build evidence and to support workforce growth and acceptance. Cureus 2023-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10092057/ /pubmed/37056217 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37481 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ng 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.
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Ng, Lucina
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Yeung, Jacky C
Cunliffe, Christina
Chu, Eric Chun-Pu
Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach
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title_full Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach
title_fullStr Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach
title_full_unstemmed Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach
title_short Meeting Future Demand for Chiropractic Services in Hong Kong: A Strategic Manpower Planning Approach
title_sort meeting future demand for chiropractic services in hong kong: a strategic manpower planning approach
topic Preventive Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10092057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37056217
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37481
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