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Article: The Silent Health Care Revolution: The Rising Demand For Complementary Medicine.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Jannetti Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY is currently undergoing another revolution that is essentially going unnoticed by a majority of health care professionals. Health care professionals have been preoccupied with the health care revolution of the 1990s that included significant health care consolidation, declining reimbursement, rapid escalation of technology and pharmaceuticals, and an increase in the negative press about poor hospital outcomes and adverse drug reactions. The silent health care revolution currently underway is the dramatic increase in the demand and purchase of complementary medicine services by health care consumers.
Complementary medicine includes all ...