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Table 2 Patient population: general health status (physician-rated)

From: Patients' motives for choosing a physician: comparison between conventional and complementary medicine in Swiss primary care

  

CONV

CAM

  

#

%

95% CI

#

%

95% CI

General health (physician rated)

proportion of chronic conditions**

 

   Children

19

16

13–29

415

35

41–51

 

   Adults

1067

43

52–58

3135

58

67–73

 

   All

1086

42

50–57

3550

54

63–69

 

proportion of severe conditions**

 

   Children

11

9

5–15

189

16

16–22

 

   Adults

476

19

19–24

1376

25

25–29

 

   All

487

19

19–24

1565

24

24–27

  1. **Significant difference (p < 0.05) between CONV and CAM groups (age and gender adjusted analysis)