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Table 4 Predictive factors for referral by GPs to CMPs at least a few times per year by rural and regional GPs in New South Wales, Australia

From: Referral to Chinese medicine practitioners in Australian primary care: a survey of New South Wales rural and regional general practitioners

Factors

Odds ratio

95% CI

Level of knowledge of CM

Poor or very poor

1.00

Satisfactory

15.62

5.47, 44.56

 

Excellent or good

135.23

34.89, 524.17

Lack of other options available for treatment

No

1.00

Yes

3.10

1.12, 8.58

Positive results with CM previously

No

1.00

Yes

2.53

1.72, 13.29

Interested in increasing CAM knowledge

No

1.00

Yes

3.28

1.17, 9.21

Australian graduate?

No

1.00

Yes

3.71

1.22, 11.23