Acupuncture Use in the United States: Who, Where, Why, and at What Price?

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-128

  Austin, Shamly ^a   Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo ^b   Qu, Haiyan ^c   Ellis Griffith, Gregory ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; alternative medicine; complementary medicine; profiling; utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931075763     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2015.1033929     Document Type: Article

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