US Expenditures on Complementary Health Approaches

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I don't have the energy or attention to read this, but other bco members may be interested.

Healing regards, Stephanie

National Health Statistics Reports

Number 95  June 22, 2016

Expenditures on Complementary Health Approaches: United States, 2012

by Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H., National Institutes of Health; Patricia M. Barnes, M.A., National Center for Health Statistics; and Barbara J. Stussman, B.A., National Institutes of Health

Results—An estimated 59 million persons aged 4 years and over had at least one expenditure for some type of complementary health approach, resulting in total out- of-pocket expenditures of $30.2 billion. More was spent on visits to complementary practitioners ($14.7 billion) than for purchases of natural product supplements ($12.8 billion) or self-care approaches ($2.7 billion). T

he mean per user out-of-pocket expenditure for visits to a complementary practitioner ($433) was significantly more than for purchases of natural product supplements ($368) or for self-care approaches ($257). Adults had higher mean annual out-of-pocket expenditures for visits to complementary practitioners than children ($442 and $291, resp

ectively). Total out-of- pocket expenditures and mean per user out-of pocket expenditures for complementary health approaches increased significantly as family income increased. The mean per user out-of-pocket expenditure for complementary health approaches was $435 for persons with family incomes less than $25,000 and $590 for persons with family incomes of $100,000 or more

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr095.pdf