Figure 1.
Flow diagram according to the QUOROM-statement [27] with the total number of studies used for Cochrane Reviews and the number included in the present study.
CAM = Complementary and alternative medicine.
Table 1.
Table showing the first 30 entries of likely country of origin for studies within all specialities (left) and CAM-related studies (right).
Table 2.
Number of studies per million inhabitants per country within all specialities (left) and CAM-related studies (right).
Table 3.
Spending on research and development of each country and “studies for money” within all specialities (left) and CAM-related studies (right).