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Table 1 Consultations with conventional health care providers by CAM user status (consulted with a CAM practitioner or not)

From: The urban-rural divide in complementary and alternative medicine use: a longitudinal study of 10,638 women

  

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 â–  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 â–  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

  1. Note: chi-square tests used to test for statistically significant associations.
  2. â–  Statistically significant association for CAM user status (i.e. ignoring place of residence) (P < .005)
  3. 1 Statistically significant association for urban residents (P < .005)
  4. 2 Statistically significant association for rural residents (P < .005)
  5. 3 Statistically significant association for remote residents (P < .05)