In 2007, the Alternative Medicine Integration study was updated, covering the years 2003-2005. The results of the original study were confirmed, with demonstrated decreases of: 60.2% decrease in in-hospital admissions 59% decrease in hospital days 62% decrease in outpatient surgeries and procedures, and 85% decrease in pharmaceutical costs. Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, May 2007 Alternative Medicine Integration Study results available at: www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754(07)00076-0/abstract According to Dr. Richard I. Sarnat, M.D., his research, conducted over a ten-year period utilizing clinical and cost outcomes data from one of the nations largest insurance underwriters, suggest that the regular utilization of chiropractic could reduce the need for hospitalization, pharmaceutical usage and overall global health care costs by almost 50 percent!