A study of 17,142 patients in Italy, under chiropractic care for at least two years, showed that chiropractic adjustments could lead to a 55-75 percent reduction in the number of daily absences from work and could cut down  the number of hospitalized patients by 87.6 percent vis-a-vis other currently used forms of treatment (pharmacological, physiokinesiotherapeutic, surgical, etc).  Splendori, F. Chiropractic-Therapeutical Effectiveness-Social Importance of Absence of Work and Hospitalization, Survey on a Sample of 17,142 Patients, Italy, 1987.

The chiropractic Journal of Australia compare chiropractic and medical management of 1,996 cases of work-related mechanical low back pain.  The number of compensation days (days off from work) taken by claimants was found to be significantly lower; an average of 6.26 days for chiropractic patients and 25.56 days for medial patients.  The average cost of compensation for chiropractic management was $392 and for medical management was $1,569 or four times greater than chiropractic management.  Additionally, more patients progressed to chronic status when medical care was chosen. Ebrall P.S., *"Mechanical Low-Back Pain" A Comparison of Medical and Chiropractic Management Within the Victorian Work Care Scheme, "  Chiropractic Journal of Australia, June 1992, 22:2, 27-53.