Original Article
Demand for CAM Practice at Hospitals in Japan: A Population Survey in Mie Prefecture
Table 2
Reasons for the demand for CAM practice at hospitals in 2019 respondents (Number with percent in parenthesis).
| Reason | Number (%) |
| Patients can receive treatment under guidance of a physician | 1100 (54.5) | Health insurance may be used | 984 (48.8) | Patients can receive both CM and CAM in a single hospital | 950 (47.1) | Higher effect can be expected by combining CM and CAM | 858 (42.5) | Multiple approaches to illness can be expected | 854 (42.3) | Better sanitary condition can be expected | 142 (7.0) | Other | 30 (1.5) |
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CM, conventional medicine.
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