Acupuncture in Australian general practice: Trends in reimbursed acupuncture services from 1995 to 2011

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Wardle, Jonathan Lee ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^a,b   Sibbritt, David William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Network of Researchers in the Public Health of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NORPHCAM)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878488075     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010244     Document Type: Article

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