The choice of alternative therapy for health care: Testing some propositions

The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine

“…Overall, our results are not only consistent with previous fi ndings 6,9 but more importantly highlight the need to incorporate the quality of health care received when defi ning satisfaction with conventional health care. Increasing consumer demand for CAM therapies necessitates not only a fuller understanding of the quality of health services available to consumers but of the effi cacy and cost benefi ts of using CAM therapies.…”

The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine

“…Overall, our results are not only consistent with previous fi ndings 6,9 but more importantly highlight the need to incorporate the quality of health care received when defi ning satisfaction with conventional health care. Increasing consumer demand for CAM therapies necessitates not only a fuller understanding of the quality of health services available to consumers but of the effi cacy and cost benefi ts of using CAM therapies.…”

Internal health locus of control in users of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional survey

“…This was even true for the group with a chronic condition. The results seem to support those studies that found IHLOC to be positively related to CAM use [14–16, 20–24]. …”

Demographic Characteristics and Perceived Health Status of Users of Folk Therapies in Taiwan

“…8 Thus, inaccessibility to conventional care is unlikely to be a determinant of folk therapy use in Taiwan. Although dissatisfaction with conventional health care was found to be associated with CAM use, 5,[13][14][15] our data were consistent with results from two U.S. national surveys 1 , 16 that examined the predictors of CAM use in that dissatisfaction with conventional health care did not explain the use of folk therapies.…”

The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine

“…Overall, our results are not only consistent with previous fi ndings 6,9 but more importantly highlight the need to incorporate the quality of health care received when defi ning satisfaction with conventional health care. Increasing consumer demand for CAM therapies necessitates not only a fuller understanding of the quality of health services available to consumers but of the effi cacy and cost benefi ts of using CAM therapies.…”

Internal health locus of control in users of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional survey

“…This was even true for the group with a chronic condition. The results seem to support those studies that found IHLOC to be positively related to CAM use [14–16, 20–24]. …”

Demographic Characteristics and Perceived Health Status of Users of Folk Therapies in Taiwan

“…8 Thus, inaccessibility to conventional care is unlikely to be a determinant of folk therapy use in Taiwan. Although dissatisfaction with conventional health care was found to be associated with CAM use, 5,[13][14][15] our data were consistent with results from two U.S. national surveys 1 , 16 that examined the predictors of CAM use in that dissatisfaction with conventional health care did not explain the use of folk therapies.…”

The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine

“…Overall, our results are not only consistent with previous fi ndings 6,9 but more importantly highlight the need to incorporate the quality of health care received when defi ning satisfaction with conventional health care. Increasing consumer demand for CAM therapies necessitates not only a fuller understanding of the quality of health services available to consumers but of the effi cacy and cost benefi ts of using CAM therapies.…”

Internal health locus of control in users of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional survey

“…This was even true for the group with a chronic condition. The results seem to support those studies that found IHLOC to be positively related to CAM use [14–16, 20–24]. …”

Demographic Characteristics and Perceived Health Status of Users of Folk Therapies in Taiwan

“…8 Thus, inaccessibility to conventional care is unlikely to be a determinant of folk therapy use in Taiwan. Although dissatisfaction with conventional health care was found to be associated with CAM use, 5,[13][14][15] our data were consistent with results from two U.S. national surveys 1 , 16 that examined the predictors of CAM use in that dissatisfaction with conventional health care did not explain the use of folk therapies.…”