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Delays in seeking conventional medical care and complementary and alternative medicine utilization
Health Services Research, 04/06/2012
Ayers SL et al. – Individuals who delay seeking conventional medical care are more likely to use CAM and use more types of CAM. The current structure of the conventional health care system may have created barriers that can make conventional health care inaccessible. Individuals who face these barriers appear to be pushed not only into trying CAM but using a greater number of CAM types, a finding not in previous research.
