Table 1 Consultations with conventional health care providers by CAM user status (consulted with a CAM practitioner or not)
| Urban | Rural | Remote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAM non-user | CAM user | CAM non-user | CAM user | CAM non-user | CAM user | ||
| Consultations |
(n = 2,960) % |
(n = 1,157) % |
(n = 4,011) % |
(n = 1,866) % |
(n = 308) % |
(n = 131) % | |
| GP ■ 1 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| 1-2 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 31 | |
| 3-4 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 32 | |
| 5-6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 16 | |
| 7-12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | |
| 13+ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| Hospital Doctor | 0 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 76 |
| 1-2 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 19 | |
| 3+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| Specialist Doctor ■ 1 2 3 | 0 | 51 | 44 | 57 | 52 | 63 | 48 |
| 1-2 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 39 | |
| 3-4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| 5-6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7+ | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
