Table 1

A description of professional interactions between 44 Finnish chiropractors and other health care practitioners.

Variables
Subgroups
Frequency
Percentage

Received at least one referral last week from...
Medical practitioner
28
64

Physiotherapist
12
27

Masseur
23
52

Sent at least one report in relation to referral last week
Yes
18
41

No
26
59

Had at least one conversation/phone call with other health care personnel last week
Yes
23
52

No
21
48

Quality of co-operation with other health care providers
Mainly good
21
48

Both good and bad
12
27

Mainly lack of co-operation
11
25

Malmqvist and Leboeuf-Yde Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2008 16:9   doi:10.1186/1746-1340-16-9