Thomas and others (1991) observe that patients who use CAM and TM also commonly access conventional medical care. In industrial countries, most CAM usage complements conventional care, but this is also common in developing nations. For instance, Mwabu (1986) provides evidence from Kenya that patients are likely to use more than one type of provider from the range of those available, such as government facilities,mission clinics, private clinics, pharmacies, and tradi- tional healers. Furthermore, the choice of provider depends on patients’ illness, condition, socioeconomic status, and educa- tion. If an initial visit to one kind of provider did not resolve the disease satisfactorily, a follow-up visit was made to a differ- ent.
