Table 4.

Categories and codes for the key theme 'Role of CAM within healthcare system'

Categories	Codes
integration of CAM	• integration as continuum
	• evidence as criterion for integration
	• patient as criterion for integration
	• role of CAM in ‚preventive medicine’
CAM in SHI	• CAM within the catalogue of benefits of SHI?
	• insufficient remuneration for ‚time’/narrative-based medicine in the present healthcare system
	• reduction of overall healthcare costs by CAM
	• lack of linkage among existing offers
modernisation law (GMG 2004)	• negative consequences for physicians
	• negative consequences for patients
	• positive consequences
Individual Health Services (IHS)	• risks of IHS
	• commercial role of GP endangers doctor-patient relationship
	• transparent communication about IHS
	• advantages of IHS
'Heilpraktiker'	• see Figure 1and Figure 2for codes