Extent and structure of health insurance expenditures for complementary and alternative medicine in Swiss primary care

Table 2 Reimbursements per patient in Swiss Francs

Type of reimbursement	certified CAM		noncertified CAM		COM
	mean	median	mean	median	mean	median
Consultation related costs	428	367	319	304	334	315
Referral costs	67	55	91	77	98	89
- Lab analyses	31	23	40	27	42	33
- Physiotherapy	35	27	51	43	56	53
Total costs for medication (directly dispensed & referred)	198	142	384	351	484	458
- Costs of dispensed medication	71	29	159	92	145	46
- Prescriptions	130	60	226	106	337	278
Total costs	691	630	794	754	911	878

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