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National Prescribing Service complementary medicines users report 2008 

Research report on the information use and needs of complementary medicine users.

pdf NPS complementary medicines users report 411.55 Kb

2007-2008 researcher activity and capacity audit

This report is a partial update of a CM audit undertaken in 2005.   The report highlights a number of promising developments since 2005 including:

  • 24% increase in total funds in CM research
  • 79% increase in the number of CM research workers across the country
  • 167% increase in the number CM post-graduate students with scholarships.

During this triennium the focus of research has been largely on nutritional supplements (27%), western herbal medicine (26%) and traditional Chinese medicine (22%). 

pdf 2007-2008 activity and capacity audit 236.65 Kb

Complementary Medicine:  a snapshot (2005)

This report was commissioned by the NSW Ministry (now the Office of Science and Medical Research).

pdf Complementary Medicine: a snapshot (2005) 308.80 Kb

Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Social Trends - Complementary Therapies July 2008

 The ABS has released some significant figures on the increasing relevance of complementary medicine in their annual snapshot of Australian society.

The ABS report draws on data from Censuses of Population and Housing and from the ABS 2004-2005 National Health Survey.

Key findings include:

  • The number of people visiting a complementary health professional (most commonly a chiropractor, naturopath or acupuncturist) increased by 51% in the ten years to 2005
  • The number of people working as complementary health professionals nearly doubled from 4,800 to 8,600 in the ten years to 2006

Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Social Trends - Complementary Therapies July 2008.

International

The Use of CAM in the United States

Americans are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). How many Americans? What therapies are they using? For what health problems and concerns?

pdf CAM in the united States 1.48 Mb

 

Content Updated January 2009 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 March 2009 )
 
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