Diagnoses and visit length in complementary and mainstream medicine

Table 2 Patients in intake registrations of CM physicians compared to registration in GP practices

Patient characteristics	Homeopathy N = 502	Acupuncture N = 808	Naturopathy N = 529	General practice¹ N = 2628	p-value
Gender (% women)²	72.5	69.4	73.4	58.9	²<.001
Age*	39.5 ^3,4,5	46.5	46.0	45.1	³<.001 ⁴<.01 ⁵<.001
Educational level (range 1-4)²	3.0	3.2	3.3	2.7	²<.001
Ethnicity (% immigrants)	2.2 ^3,4,5	6.9	8.9	5.4	³<.05 ⁴<.01 ⁵<.05

*date of calculation January 1, 2008
¹ data from the video observation part of the DNSGP-2 in 2001
² significant difference between CM-patients and patients in general practice
³ significant difference between patients of a specific CM-practice and patients in general practice
⁴ significant difference between homeopathy and naturopathy patients
⁵ significant difference between homeopathy and acupuncture patients

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