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Table 2 Health behaviours and physician density factors of study participants by medical pluralism

From: Patterns of medical pluralism among adults: results from the 2001 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan

 

Medical pluralism

  
 

No

Yes

Total

 

N = 8510

N = 4094

N = 12604

Have unhealthy lifestyle

      

   No

4766

(64.2)

2662

(35.8)

7428

(100)

   One

1698

(69.6)

740

(30.4)

2438

(100)

   Two or three

2043

(74.8)

690

(25.2)

2733

(100)

Severe disease

      

   No

8269

(67.4)

4001

(32.6)

12270

(100)

   Yes

241

(72.2)

93

(27.8)

334

(100)

Have regular health checkup

      

   No

7046

(67.7)

3356

(32.3)

10402

(100)

   Yes

1464

(66.5)

738

(33.5)

2202

(100)

Use of folk therapy

      

   No

8123

(68.6)

3723

(31.4)

11846

(100)

   Yes

383

(51.0)

368

(49.0)

751

(100)

Density of TCM physicians

      

   Low

568

(82.1)

124

(17.9)

692

(100)

   Moderate

1995

(69.5)

874

(30.5)

2869

(100)

   High

5947

(65.8)

3096

(34.2)

9043

(100)

Density of WM physicians

      

   Low

845

(70.8)

348

(29.2)

1193

(100)

   Moderate

1869

(68.4)

865

(31.6)

2734

(100)

   High

5796

(66.8)

2881

(33.2)

8677

(100)

  1. TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; WM, Western medicine