Costs of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and frequency of visits to CAM practitioners: United States, 2007

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Nahin, Richard L ^a   Barnes, Patricia M ^b   Stussman, Barbara J ^b   Bloom, Barbara ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Health Interview Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; National Health Interview Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862811597     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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