Policy implications of complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia: Data from the National Health Survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-378

  Spinks, Jean ^a   Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERB; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE PLANS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84862066755     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0817     Document Type: Article

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