Table 2 Prevalence of health care use within each cluster; presented in % used within cluster categories. Only those with a probability of ≥95% of belonging to each cluster have been selected. Numbers are presented in millions
| Â | Average | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | Cluster 5 | Cluster 6 | Cluster 7 | Cluster 8 | Cluster 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | n = 205.2 | n = 31.3 15.3% | n = 35.1 17.1% | n = 15.4 7.5% | n = 26.7 13.0% | n = 20.2 9.8% | n = 25.4 12.4% | n = 15.0 7.3% | n = 18.1 8.8% | n = 18.1 8.8% |
Conventional health care provider | ||||||||||
 GP | 66.9 | 95.3 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
 Specialist | 26.1 | 99.9 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 22.8 |
 Eye specialist | 37.8 | 77.5 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 38.4 | 18.9 | 27.3 | 27.2 |
 Mental health provider | 7.5 | 15.9 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 8.2 |
 Dentist | 61.3 | 73.5 | 63.8 | 0.0 | 75.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
 Emergency room | 19.4 | 36.2 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 16.9 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 29.1 |
Allied health care provider | ||||||||||
 Physical therapy | 8.6 | 30.6 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.4 |
 Nurse practitioners | 18.9 | 48.2 | 18.6 | 8.4 | 20.2 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 16.1 |
CAM provider | ||||||||||
 Chiropractic | 8.1 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
 Massage | 6.4 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 2.0 |
 Osteopathy, Craniosacral | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
 Acupuncture | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
 Naturopathy | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
 Homeopathy | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
 Ayurveda | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
 Native healing | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
 Energy healing | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
 Hypnosis | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Exercise | ||||||||||
 Yoga | 8.2 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 14.0 | 2.5 |
 Tai Chi, Qigong | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
 Exercise | 2.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
Relaxation | ||||||||||
 Meditation | 3.7 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
 Relaxation | 2.4 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
Diet | ||||||||||
 Vegetarian diet | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
 Medical diet | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
OTC medication, supplements | ||||||||||
 Herbal medicine | 7.6 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 28.9 |
 Supplements | 15.0 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 20.2 | 2.9 |
 Vitamins minerals | 61.7 | 94.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |