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TABLE 4.

—Practice of, Referrals to, and Belief in Efficacy of 9 Oriental and Complementary Alternative Medical Therapies Among Western Medicine–Trained Doctors (n = 502) and Oriental Medicine–Trained Doctors (n = 500)

	Oriental Medical Practice, %			Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies, %
	Acupuncture	Chinese Herbal Medicine	Herbal Therapy	Chiropractic Care	Homeopathy	Massage	Iridology	Qi Gong	Taping Therapy
Practice experience with the therapy^a
WMDs	6.8	3.8	1.4	5.8	1.4	16.9	. . .	. . .	. . .
OMDs	. . .	. . .	. . .	56.8	9.0	39.0	22.0	17.4	42.0
Referrals to the therapy^b
WMDs	26.9	21.9	5.4	11.2	1.4	27.3	. . .	. . .	. . .
OMDs	. . .	. . .	. . .	72.0	13.2	46.6	24.0	32.8	45.2
Belief in efficacy of therapy^c
WMDs	62.0	51.6	20.3	34.7	11.6	48.6	. . .	. . .	. . .
OMDs	. . .	. . .	. . .	87.9	54.8	78.4	64.5	76.6	64.9

Note. WMDs = Western medicine–trained doctors; OMDs = Oriental medicine–trained doctors.

^aProportion of WMDs or OMDs who had ever practiced a specific therapy.

^bProportion of WMDs or OMDs who had ever referred their patients to a specific therapy.

^cProportion of all positive answers (i.e., “moderately effective” or “very effective”).