まとめ
イギリスの補足医学は10万人あたり約12人の医師を対象におり,患者の関わり度は高い. この成長するセクターは,従来の医療サービスを補完しているようです.
科学分野:
- 補完医療と代替医療について
- 医療システム研究 医療システム研究
- 公衆衛生調査 公共衛生調査
背景:
- 1980-81年の調査は,イギリスにおける補完医療の実践者の状況を調査した.
- これらの慣習の範囲を理解し,より広範な医療システムに統合することが不可欠でした.
研究 の 目的:
- 補完医療の実践者の数と,英国全体での分布を定量化するために.
- これらの実務者の特徴を分析し,教育と実務の状態を含む.
- 補完医療サービスの利用率と患者の人口統計を推定する.
主な方法:
- 1980年から1981年にかけて,英国の様々な地域における補完医療の実践者にアンケートに基づく調査が行われました.
- データ収集は,医師の数,人口統計,診療詳細,診察率,患者の特徴に焦点を当てました.
- 地理的な準拠は様々で,オックスフォードシャーとケンブリッジではほぼ100%であったが,他の地域では低い割合であった.
主要な成果:
- 10万人あたり約12人の補完医療従事者が特定され,多様な治療専門分野をカバーしました.
- 医療従事者の半分は正式な教育を受け,半数未満がフルタイムで診療を行っており,平均的な診療料金を挙げています.
- 年間診察数は1170万から1540万に達し,治療,骨格療法,カイロプラクティック治療はそれぞれ約200万件の診察を記録しています. 患者は主に女性,若年から中年,そして社会階級の高層階級の患者でした.
結論:
- この調査結果は,1980年から1981年にかけて,英国で,補完的な医療制度が大きく拡大していたことを明らかにしています.
- 補完医療は,従来の医療サービスに競合するのではなく,その補完として機能する,という証拠がある.
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