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May 27, 2004
 Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002
Complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care
systems, therapies, and products that are not presently considered
to be part of conventional medicine. The U.S. public's use of
CAM increased substantially during the 1990s. This high rate of
use translates into large out-of-pocket expenditures on CAM. It
has been estimated that the U.S. public spent between $36 billion
and $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997. Of this amount, between
$12.2 billion and $19.6 billion was paid out-of-pocket for the
services of professional CAM health care providers such as
chiropractors, acupuncturists, and massage therapists. These fees
are more than the U.S. public paid out-of-pocket for all
hospitalizations in 1997 and about half that paid for all
out-of-pocket physician services.
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