Table 2.

Comparison of Expenditures Between Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Users and Nonusers in Study Year

	CAM users (n = 26,466)	CAM nonusers (n = 13,025)	p value
Average allowed expenditures in study year:	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Total	$3,797 (7623)	$4,153 (9505)	0.0001
Outpatient: Total	$1,848 (2370)	$1,502 (3027)	<0.0001
Conventional	$1,219 (2214)	$1,502 (3027)	<0.0001
CAM	$630 (746)	0
Total related to index condition	$588 (1280)	$554 (1947)	0.04
Outpatient related to index condition	445 (594)	231 (438)	<0.0001

SD, standard deviation.