An Overview of the Practitioner Research and Collaboration Initiative (PRACI): a practice-based research network for complementary medicine

Table 2 Characteristics of PRACI members reporting Chinese medicine qualifications compared with Chinese medicine practitioners registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA)

	AHPRA Registered Chinese Medicine practitioners (n = 4395)^a		Chinese Medicine PRACI members^b (n = 100)		p-value
Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Gender
Female	2354	53.6%	62	62.0%	0.09
Male	2041	46.4%	38	38.0%	0.09
State/Territory^c
Australian Capital Territory	69	1.6%	1	1.0%	0.65
New South Wales	1769	40.3%	24	24.0%	0.001
Northern Territory	17	0.4%	0	0.0%	0.53
Queensland	828	18.8%	36	36.0%	<0.001
South Australia	169	3.85%	11	11.0%	<0.001
Tasmania	35	0.8%	1	1.0%	0.82
Victoria	1235	28.0%	23	23.0%	0.26
Western Australia	229	5.0%	6	6.0%	0.73

^abased on registrant data from December 2014 provided by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia. This data includes 42 practitioners who are registered as a Chinese herbal dispenser only with no additional registration as an acupuncturist or Chinese herbal medicine practitioner
^bincludes practitioner members reporting to have qualifications in acupuncture and/or Chinese herbal medicine. Some PRACI members with Chinese medicine qualifications may not be registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia
^cThese figures may equal more than 100% for Chinese Medicine PRACI members as participants may have a practice in more than one locality

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