Table 5 Provision and funding of consumable products at NCCs
From: Naturopathic community clinics: an international cross-sectional survey
Characteristic | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Consumable products used/dispensed | Botanical medicines | 26 | 87 |
Nutraceuticals | 25 | 83 | |
Homeopathics | 19 | 63 | |
Flower essences | 19 | 63 | |
Other | 7 | 23 | |
Do patients pay for consumables? | Yes | 11 | 37 |
No | 12 | 40 | |
Other | 7 | 23 | |
Funding sources of consumables | Donations in kind | 15 | 58 |
$ value donations | 9 | 35 | |
Patients pay | 5 | 19 | |
Other | 4 | 15 |