Table 3.
Reasons for the opposite sector not referring patients (as perceived by providers who have not received referred patients)
| Responses from BHPs (n = 114) | Responses from THPs (n = 115) | ||
| Perceived reasons for THPs' not referring patients to BHPs | Frequencies (%) | Perceived reasons for BHPs' not referring patients to THPs | Frequencies (%) |
| THPs can treat | 39 (34.1) | BHPs dislike us | 49 (42.6) |
| THPs fear losing patients' trust | 19 (16.7) | No collaboration mechanisms | 37 (32.2) |
| No collaboration mechanisms | 15 (13.2) | BHPs don't know us | 21 (18.3) |
| THPs fear losing money | 13 (11.4) | Not sure | 3 (2.6) |
| No referral system | 5 (4.4) | BHPs can treat | 2 (1.7) |
| No trust in modern medicine | 5 (4.4) | Other | 14 (12.2) |
| THPs fear of critics | 3 (2.6) | ||
| Don't know | 3 (2.6) | ||
| Other | 8 (7.0) | ||
| Missing | 4 (3.5) | ||
Because multiple responses were given, the sum of responses may be >100%