The table enumerates the figure of total revenue from complementary medicine for three particular year; 2011, 2014, and 2016, while the line chart illustrates the proportion of hospitals provide complementary medicine in the US for period of 1985 to 2010. In addition, the bar graph demonstrates the proportion of which type of medicine the most popular in one particular year, 2012.
Overall, the total revenue for medicine in the USA considerably increased. The proportion of hospital using complementary in 1985 was significantly lower than other years. Notably, there was a significant variation in the proportion of most common medicines across different health problems, with the highest rate occurring in natural products.
It is conspicuous that the figure of total revenue of complementary medicine increased dramatically to 14.4 billion US dollars in 2016 from 11.34 billion dollars in 2011. Likewise, the proportion of hospitals’ use of compatible medicine experienced a similar rise, reaching to 40% in 2011 from approximately 2% in 1985.
It is explicitly observed that the proportion of the most common medicine was almost 18% in natural products, as opposed to around 10.5% in deep breathing. There was a gap of 2% between yoga and meditation in common complementary, at 10% and 8% respectively. Meanwhile, the quantity of massage medicine was approximately 7%, which was higher than special diets (around 3%), homeopathy (just above 2%), and guided imagery (under 2%)