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Health Care Utilization Among Complementary and Alternative Medicine Users in a Large Military Cohort by Martin R White; Isabel G Jacobson; Besa Smith; Timothy S Wells; Gary D Gackstetter; Edward J Boyko; Tyler C Smith; Millennium Cohort Study Team is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Complementary and Alternative Medicine use and how it impacts health care utilization in the United States Military is not well documented. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study we describe the characteristics of CAM users in a large military population and document their health care needs over a 12-month period. The aim of this study was to determine if CAM users are requiring more physician-based medical services than users of conventional medicine. ## Methods Inpatient and outpatient medical services were documented over a 12-month period for 44,287 participants from the Millennium Cohort Study. Equal access to medical services was available to anyone needing medical care during this study period. The number and types of medical visits were compared between CAM and non-CAM users. Chi square test and multivariable logistic regression was applied for the analysis. ## Results Of the 44,287 participants, 39% reported using at least one CAM therapy, and 61% reported not using any CAM therapies. Those individuals reporting CAM use accounted for 45.1% of outpatient care and 44.8% of inpatient care. Individuals reporting one or more health conditions were 15% more li
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- Author
- Martin R White; Isabel G Jacobson; Besa Smith; Timothy S Wells; Gary D Gackstetter; Edward J Boyko; Tyler C Smith; Millennium Cohort Study Team
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1472-6882)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)