| National_Committee_on_Vital_and_Health_Statistics Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics. |
| Safety_and_Health_Statistics The statistics unit provides information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that occur in Connecticut. |
| Safety_and_Health_Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. |
| SSBR__Health_Statistics Health care statistics from the White House. |
| World_Health_Organization_Statistical_Information_System Health and health-related statistical information. |
| About_com_Osteoporosis__Risk_and_Prevention Find out your risk and how to prevent this disease. |
| Arizona_Osteoporosis_Coalition Comprehensive osteoporosis treatment and prevention information for families and sufferers of this disorder. |
| Arthritis_Insight_-_Osteoporosis Information about osteoporosis, including statistics, diagnosis, treatment, community center, news, tips and resources. |
| Australian_Bone_Density_Testing_Centre Information on done density testing and education to assess risk of fracture and prevention. |
| Bone_Health_for_Life Practical advice to improve bone health. |
| Boning_Up_on_Osteoporosis Article by Carolyn J. Strange examining some things will help to lessen the effects of osteoporosis, and reduce its severity. |
| Cedars-Sinai_Health_System Offers treatment options, information and clinical studies for osteoporosis. |
| Doctor\'s_Guide_to_the_Internet_-_Osteoporosis Discussion groups and newsgroups, related sites. |
| DrDonnica_com Discusses treatment prevention, causes, symptoms and alternative treatment of osteoporosis. |
| eMedicine_Health_-_Osteoporosis Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. |
| Florida_Osteoporosis_Board Educational and informational resource. |
| Foundation_For_Osteoporosis_Research_And_Education An organization dedicated to serving both the public and medical community through research and education to increase the awareness of osteoporosis. |
| Health_Link_MCW An article about the diagnosis and treatment of Osteoporosis in older men. |
| Health_Link_MCW An article about Osteoporosis, its current evaluation and treatment. |
| Healthology_Osteoporosis_Focus Learn how to prevent and treat this disease. Features webcasts or transcripts and articles. |
| Learn_about_Osteoporosis Details about its impact on women's health and nutrition, and research on calcium absorption, vitamins, aerobic exercises, and treatments such as calcium supplements are discussed. |
| Mayo_Clinic__Osteoporosis Information on risk-factors, prevention and treatment of osteporosis. |
| MedicineNet About Osteoporosis, its prevention, detection and therapies. |
| Medinfo__Osteoporosis Easy to understand information for patients on osteoporosis. |
| National_Institute_of_Health_-_Osteoporosis_and_Related_Bone_Diseases Information to health care professionals, patients and the public about metabolic bone diseases. |
| National_Osteoporosis_Foundation Fighting osteoporosis and promoting bone health. Includes news, resources for patients and professionals, and information on advocacy and prevention. |
| National_Osteoporosis_Society The only UK national charity dedicated to eradicating osteoporosis and promoting bone health in both men and women. |
| New_Mexico_Clinical_Research_&_Osteoporosis_Center Special interest in clinical research, osteoporosis care, and bone density testing. Includes links patient and healthcare information. |
| Obgyn_net__Osteoporosis Physician reviewed site offering health professionals and women news and information. |
| Oregon_Osteoporosis_Center,_Portland,_Oregon Provides clinical care and evaluation, clinical research activities, and educational programs, with a primary focus on osteoporosis and related disorders. |
| OsteoMark Engaged in the discovery and commercialization of products associated with osteoporosis and other collagen-related diseases. |
| Osteoporosis Information about osteoporosis. Part of Imaginis.com, a women's health website. |
| Osteoporosis Gives a comprehensive analysis of how various nutrients affect this disorder. |
| Osteoporosis Comprehensive information and resources to help understand and treat this common disorder. |
| Osteoporosis Short text description of osteoporosis, risk factors, prevalence. |
| Osteoporosis__A_New_Era_in_Recognition_and_Treatment Seminar presentation intended for medical professionals discusses risk factors, bone density measurements and their interpretation, and the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy. [Available as |
| Osteoporosis_and_Bone_Physiology Educational site for patients and physicians discusses the condition and its diagnosis, treatment, and underlying physiology. |
| Osteoporosis_and_Paget\'s_Disease_Drug_Database Database of commonly prescribed drugs for osteoporosis and paget's disease. |
| Osteoporosis_Australia Charity supporting research and public education to reduce the incidence and improve the management of this condition. Includes information materials for various different audiences. |
| Osteoporosis_Canada Charitable organization's site provides up-to-date information on the risks, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. |
Federally
funded large-scale surveys of the American public are routinely
conducted in order to provide reliable, valid, and relevant data
on health and health care. These enormous and costly data
collection efforts could yield a veritable wealth of useful
information on the delivery, utilization, organization, and costs
of chiropractic and complementary/alternative health care.
Yet, the potential for comprehensively examining these sources of
chiropractic and complementary/alternative data, which are
available to researchers as public-use databases, remains largely
unrecognized and untapped.
This
"Chiropractic and Complementary/Alternative Compilation
User's Manual" attempts to facilitate efficient access to
these data and databases for the scientific research community, by
providing a ready index of those databases which contain specific
reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative health
care. As a means to further maximize the efficiency of the
researcher's efforts, this manual also provides useful information
for expediting the acquisition and initial data management of
these data, as well as offers references and linkages to
additional useful resources.
It is hoped
that this manual opens up research opportunities for previously
unrealized avenues of inquiry, by demonstrating the utility of
public-use large-scale databases for studying aspects of health
care that are of particular interest to the chiropractic and
complementary/alternative scientific community. At the very
least, if this manual serves researchers by reducing some of the
unavoidable drudgery associated with secondary analyses of
existing datasets, then it will have done it's job.
E-mail:
This project was
funded through a grant from the National Chiropractic Mutual
Insurance Company [NCMIC] and administered by the Foundation for
Chiropractic Education and Research [FCER],
and by an intramural grant from Palmer Center for Chiropractic
Research [PCCR].
