Several studies, especially those focused on practitioner-based CAM, have emphasized the centrality of the patient-provider relationship and experiences with health care delivery in patient-reported experiences with CAM [ 5, 6, 10, 31, 36, 40].
The core of our surveys was adopted from a previously testing instrument [ 22- 24] and focused on practitioners' assessments of competencies previously determined to be critical to EBDM in chronic disease [ 33].
Focusing on practitioner decision making Gabbay and May suggested that doctors do not act on published evidence base but on the anecdotes and unsubstantiated opinions of respected colleagues or personal experience [ 31].
Existing studies on this topic have been primarily descriptive in nature, focusing on practitioner profiles and demographics [ 11, 16], the practice environment [ 9, 17- 23], and education, training or regulatory developments [ 12, 14, 24- 26].
By focusing on practitioners in industry, this work complements current surveys in optimisation that have mainly focused on published literature.
The study aimed to examine the factors influencing referral to rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury (TBI) by using social problems theory as a conceptual model to focus on practitioners and the process of decision-making in two Australian hospitals.
Despite sustained growth of the naturopathic profession in Australia, both in terms of practitioner numbers and public utilisation, there has been relatively little research focused on this practitioner group, and how it interacts with primary health care.
Despite the growth in naturopathic practitioner ranks and high utilisation of naturopathic services in Australia, little research has been focused on this practitioner group.
Specifically considering product sales, respondents focused on the practitioner's intent, that is, where engaging in sales clearly for the patient's well being was acceptable whereas engaging in it for profit was not.
