Is it possible that the high cost of health care is leading people to use CAM?
Patricia: In our study, we found that those who worried about the cost of conventional care, whether it was delayed or preventive, were more likely to use CAM and that was for both adults and children. Announcer: Is there anything else you would like to add? Patricia: Id just like to mention that this is the first time we collected data on complementary and alternative medicine for children, so this will be a good foundation for us to build on for the future years for finding out more information about children and their CAM use. Announcer: Our thanks to Patricia Barnes for joining us on this edition of “StatCast.” “StatCast” is produced by the Public Affairs Office at the National Center for Health Statistics.
