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Keywords:

descriptive study [72]
disease prevention [2]
health promotion [9]
HPDP [1]
osteopathic hospitals [9]
primary care services [1]
programs [139]

Abstract:

The availability of HPDP services in osteopathic hospitals was compared to a national and local control groups that matched to osteopathic hospitals by location (MSA), bed size, system, nonprofit and teaching status. The main purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that osteopathic hospitals are more likely to provide HPDP services than allopathic hospitals due to the philosophy of osteopathic medicine. The data came from the American Hospital Association that included 50 osteopathic and 50 matching hospitals, and about 4,131 national controls. Sets of odds ratios with confidence intervals were computed for statistical comparisons. Overall osteopathic hospitals are more likely to offer HPDP services than hospitals in the national sample. When compared to local matching controls, osteopathic hospitals dominance in HPDP services becomes less apparent. Primary care services are about four times more likely to be offered by osteopathic hospitals than allopathic hospitals whereas retirement housing is about 70 percent less likely to be offered by osteopathic facilitates. Although osteopathic and allopathic facilities show equivalent likelihood to provide HPDP services, interestingly both groups are more likely to provide HPDP services than those in a national sample.