Research Article
Factors Affecting Definitions of and Approaches to Integrative Medicine: A Mixed Methods Study Examining China’s Integrative Medicine Development
Table 1
Characteristics of the interview sample (
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| | Number of experts | Percent |
| Age, mean = 67.3, std. dev. = 13.7 | | | <50 years | 11 | 15.1 | 50–65 years | 21 | 28.8 | >65 years | 41 | 56.1 | Gender | | | Male | 62 | 84.9 | Female | 11 | 15.1 | Type of practice | | | Pioneers | 33 | 45.2 | Colleagues and leaders | 40 | 54.8 | Original education | | | Western medicine | 47 | 64.4 | Chinese medicine | 24 | 32.9 | Nonmedicine | 2 | 2.7 | Type of expert | | | Clinicians | 56 | 76.7 | Nonclinicians | 17 | 23.3 | Working environment | | | Western medicine | 24 | 32.9 | Chinese medicine | 49 | 67.1 |
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