A New Journey for the Construction of Free Trade Port——"Internet + Medical Care" Toward 5G Traditional Chinese Medicine

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Port

Chinese Medicine in Malaysia and Singapore: The Business of Healing

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 197-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. Ooi
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Medical Tradition ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medical ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Traditional Chinese medicine as it persists in several East and Southeast Asian countries, has undergone major changes. Such changes have reinforced the trading aspects of traditional Chinese medical practice with relatively little advantage for the medical care component. This paper examines the nature of changes in contemporary ethnic Chinese medical practice in Malaysia and Singapore with the aim of understanding their implications for the persistence of this medical tradition.

scholarly journals Medical Care-seeking Patterns Among Women with Diagnoses Associated with Menstrual Syndromes: A Longitudinal Population-based Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Long Guo ◽  
Tzu Chi Lee ◽  
Hsiao Pei Hsu ◽  
Chiu Mieh Huang
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Care Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Abstract Background: This study aimed to explore women’s tendency to seek Traditional Chinese Medicine and/or Western Medicine when newly diagnosed with menstrual syndromes, and to identify factors associated with their medical care-seeking behavior. Methods: Women aged 15 to 50 years with newly diagnosed menstrual syndromes were selected from Taiwan’s 2005 National Health Insurance Database. Follow-up was divided into 10 time-periods (1-6, 7-12, 13-18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-36, 37-42, 43-48, 49-54 and 55-60 months) after patients’ first visits for obstetric/gynecologic care. Patients’ tendency for medical care utilization was estimated using Poisson regression. Unadjusted and adjusted relative risks and their 95 % confidence intervals were calculated.Results: The number of Traditional Chinese Medicine utilization was 0.69, and Western Medicine utilization was 1.75 within six months after the first menstrual syndrome diagnosis. The tendency for Traditional Chinese Medicine utilization increased as follow-up time increased after controlling for potential confounders, while Western medicine utilization decreased gradually as follow-up time increased. Women’s age, economic status, infertility, value of prevention, baby delivery and Obstetric/ Gynecologic inpatient histories were significantly associated with their medical care-seeking behavior.Conclusions: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine medical care-seeking patterns are significantly different among women with diagnoses associated with menstrual syndromes. Related factors affecting Medical care-seeking behavior have been explored in this study.

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