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Workers were grouped by whether they attended physiotherapy, chiropractic, and\/or osteopathy in the first 2\u00a0years of their claim. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to describe differences between groups. Descriptive statistics and negative binomial regression were used to describe differences in the number of attendances in each group.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Most workers had at least one physical therapy attendance during the period of their claim (n\u2009=\u200923,619, 82.0%). Worker state, socioeconomic status, and remoteness were the largest contributing factors to likelihood of physical therapy attendance. Most workers only attended physiotherapy (n\u2009=\u200921,035, 89.1%, median of 13 times). Far fewer only attended chiropractic (n\u2009=\u2009528, 2.2%, median of 8 times) or only osteopathy (n\u2009=\u2009296, 1.3%, median of 10 times), while 1,750 (7.5%) attended for care with more than one type of physical therapy (median of 31 times).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Most Australian workers with workers\u2019 compensation time loss claims for LBP attend physiotherapy at least once during their claims. State of claim is the strongest predictor of which physical therapy profession they attend, possibly due to regional availability. Workers who see a physiotherapist have significantly more attendances. Future research should explore the relationship between these patterns of care and claimant outcomes, including work disability duration.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10926-024-10202-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,18]],"date-time":"2024-05-18T11:01:50Z","timestamp":1716030110000},"page":"345-355","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["How Much Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, and Osteopathy Care Do Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain Receive? 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