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Tavares AI. The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;5(1):77-8doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194.
Tavares, A. I. (2015). The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries. International journal of health policy and management, 5(1), 77-8. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194
Tavares, Aida Isabel. "The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries." International journal of health policy and management vol. 5,1 (2015): 77-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194
Tavares AI. The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Oct 26;5(1):77-8. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194. PMID: 26673657; PMCID: PMC4676979.
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Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Oct 26;5(1):77-8. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194.

The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries.

International journal of health policy and management

Aida Isabel Tavares

Affiliations

  1. Center of Study and Research in Health/Centro de Estudos e Investigação em Saúde (CEISUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

PMID: 26673657 PMCID: PMC4676979 DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.194

Abstract

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is frequently used in Portugal and it contributes to the improvement of people's health. CAM and Western Medicine (WM) are taken as complements both in the diagnosis and the treatment stage. The Portuguese health system is able to generate certified CAM professionals but the provision of CAM care and services is not included in the national health system. In times of austerity, this is not expected to change and access to CAM care continues to be out-of-pocket health expenditure. But the future for health in Portugal may well involve including CAM therapies in an integrated health system.

© 2016 by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

Keywords: Austerity; Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM); National Health System; Western Medicine (WM)

References

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