Demand for CAM Practice at Hospitals in Japan: A Population Survey in Mie Prefecture

Table 4

Relations between the purpose for CAM use and demand for CAM practice at hospitals in 1807 CAM users.

Purpose of CAM use	Do you want to receive CAM at hospitals?		Adjusted standardized residuals	P-value (𝜒^2 test)
	Yes (%)	No (%)
Curative purpose (also use conventional medicine)	545 (90.5)	57 (9.5)	4.8	<.001
Curative purpose (only use CAM therapy)	280 (85.6)	47 (14.4)	0.5
Preventive purpose	217 (81.6)	49 (18.4)	−1.6
Refreshment	448 (79.7)	114 (20.3)	−4.1

P-values indicate differences in the proportions between the four groups. Of 1807 CAM users, 50 respondents did not answer the question.