Complementary and alternative medicine in Canada

In addi- tion, the increase in the number of interviews completed in 2006 allows for 95 percent statistical confidence in detecting a 3 percent- age point change in the percent of Canadians who have used complementary and alternative medical therapies sometime in their lives (73% in 1997). [...] Most importantly, the highest level appropriate decision maker seen to be the provincial of support for private payment came from the group ministry of health (16%, up from 13% in 1997), the that used alternative therapy the most: 58 percent of federal ministry of health (11%, up from 9% in 1997), 18- to 34-year-olds used alternative therapies in the the regional health authorities (9% in both yea [...] Complementary and Alternative Medicine 6 The Fraser Institute Methodology in Brief The methodology used in the 2006 follow-up survey in the percent of Canadians who have used comple- was in most cases similar to that used in the first sur- mentary and alternative medical therapies sometime vey (1997). [...] The fessional opinion research company, was conducting Fraser Institute and Ipsos Reid (then Angus Reid a survey of Canadians “to learn more about their Group) made several modifications in order to health care practices and the types of therapies and make the survey appropriate for Canada in 1997, treatments they use.”6 In the selection of respon- given that the health insurance systems of the tw [...] Ques- With regard to the accuracy of the findings, there tions in both of these sections were asked to 200 of is a 95 percent chance that the average values for the the respondents, while 900 respondents answered entire Canadian population are within 2.2 percent- only questions on beliefs and perceptions, and the age points of the survey percentages in 2006.