Table 2.
Characteristics of PRACI members reporting Chinese medicine qualifications compared with Chinese medicine practitioners registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA)
| AHPRA Registered Chinese Medicine practitioners (n = 4395)a | Chinese Medicine PRACI membersb (n = 100) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 2354 | 53.6% | 62 | 62.0% | 0.09 |
| Male | 2041 | 46.4% | 38 | 38.0% | |
| State/Territoryc | |||||
| Australian Capital Territory | 69 | 1.6% | 1 | 1.0% | 0.65 |
| New South Wales | 1769 | 40.3% | 24 | 24.0% | 0.001 |
| Northern Territory | 17 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.53 |
| Queensland | 828 | 18.8% | 36 | 36.0% | <0.001 |
| South Australia | 169 | 3.85% | 11 | 11.0% | <0.001 |
| Tasmania | 35 | 0.8% | 1 | 1.0% | 0.82 |
| Victoria | 1235 | 28.0% | 23 | 23.0% | 0.26 |
| Western Australia | 229 | 5.0% | 6 | 6.0% | 0.73 |
abased on registrant data from December 2014 provided by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia. This data includes 42 practitioners who are registered as a Chinese herbal dispenser only with no additional registration as an acupuncturist or Chinese herbal medicine practitioner
bincludes practitioner members reporting to have qualifications in acupuncture and/or Chinese herbal medicine. Some PRACI members with Chinese medicine qualifications may not be registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia
cThese figures may equal more than 100% for Chinese Medicine PRACI members as participants may have a practice in more than one locality