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Table 3 Health care professionals’ prevention and treatment practices in hospitals

From: Perceptions of traditional Chinese medicine for chronic disease care and prevention: a cross-sectional study of Chinese hospital-based health care professionals

Items

N (%)

Requirements for implementation

 Completely needed

137 (40.9)

 Basically needed

142 (42.4)

 Uncertain

45 (13.4)

 Basically not needed

9 (2.7)

 Completely not needed

2 (0.6)

Incorporates elements of TCM

 Yes

227 (67.8)

 No

31 (9.3)

 Uncertain

77 (23.0)

Aspects for enhancement

 Bolster TCM training

251 (74.9)

 Vigorously promote the role of TCM in chronic disease care and prevention

249 (74.3)

 Enrich the content of TCM services

224 (66.9)

 Increase the amount of TCM equipment

194 (57.9)

 Increase TCM prevention and health care personnel

179 (53.4)

 Lower fees

88 (26.3)

 Improve service attitudes

80 (23.9)

 Others

10 (3.0)