Table 2.
Percentage of Patients Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine in All Medical Specialty and Skin Disease–Specific Visits
| Medical specialty documenting CAM use | Number of visits (% of visits documenting CAM use by specialty) | Number of visits (% of skin disease visits documenting CAM use by specialty) |
|---|---|---|
| General/family practice | 24,150,000 (2.2) | 2,120,000 (1.9) |
| Internal medicine | 27,590,000 (3.9) | 1,820,000 (3.5) |
| Pediatrics | 3,140,000 (0.50) | 270,000 (0.40) |
| General surgery | 1,710,000 (1.8) | 120,000 (0.86) |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 4,490,000 (1.2) | 0 (0) |
| Orthopedic surgery | 3,780,000 (1.4) | 50,000 (1.1) |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 12,180,000 (7.6) | 170,000 (12) |
| Dermatology | 2,210,000 (1.2) | 2,040,000 (1.3) |
| Urology | 2,560,000 (2.5) | 0 (0) |
| Psychiatry | 960,000 (0.69) | 0 (0) |
| Neurology | 1,460,000 (2.1) | 50,000 (1.8) |
| Ophthalmology | 7,280,000 (2.5) | 560,000 (3.7) |
| Otolaryngology | 1,290,000 (1.3) | 70,000 (1.5) |
| Other specialties | 15,010,000 (2.5) | 720,000 (1.8) |
| Oncology | 1,760,000 (3.2) | 160,000 (6.3) |
CAM, complementary and alternative medicine.