The phrase "alternative physicians" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to medical practitioners who offer non-conventional or complementary treatments outside of traditional medicine.
Example: "Many patients seek out alternative physicians for holistic approaches to their health concerns."
Alternatives: "complementary doctors" or "holistic practitioners".
Costs for alternative physicians were requested directly.
Taking the US as a comparison example where hyperbaric oxygen therapy was rarely used, although some US alternative physicians have extended the use of this treatment to include tinnitus, to our knowledge tinnitus is not an indication that is approved by the UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee nor is it reimbursed by US medical insurance (e.g. Medicare).
Additionally, the numbers of ambulatory hospital visits, visits to alternative physicians and physical therapy treatments in the previous 12 months were recorded, as were the numbers of inpatient hospital days (including days in intensive care units), and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitations.
Here, we investigate whether indication area and the maximum diagnostic gain are robust measures if we assume test dependence, alternative physician's heuristics, and varying patient's utilities.
As an alternative, physician-scientist Ralph Weissleder's team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston developed a miniature version of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine the workhorse tool that allows researchers to identify chemical compounds by the way their nuclei react in magnetic fields.
An alternative Physician in the investigative team (not the child's regular Physician) will carry out the procedure, to ensure blinding of the treating Physicians who will carry out the review assessments.
Over the past decade, several Canadian provinces have implemented new models of primary health care delivery, with many of these approaches focussing on alternative physician payment models and placing greater emphasis on the development of multidisciplinary health care teams [ 4].
If participants stated that they had visited an alternative physician but did not specify their costs (n=45), the average costs per visit stated by the users was imputed (€50).
On the basis of these data, and considering available alternatives, physician health programmes seem to provide the best available measures for protecting patients and for recovering physicians' careers.
Visit your primary care physician (or alternative doctor, if need be) to discuss your situation, be professionally assessed, and receive a diagnosis.
I am curious to know what alternative treatments physicians will be recommending to their patients.
