The concentration of out-of-pocket expenditures on complementary and alternative medicine in the United States

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Davis, Matthew A ^a   Weeks, William B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866783927     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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