Estimated Number of Acupuncture Practitioners in Mainland China in 2018: Multiperspectives.

Conclusions: The reasonable range of acupuncture practitioners in China in 2018 was 10,618 to 17,697, with a median of 14,157. Considering that some acupuncture practitioners are also engaged in teaching, research, and management, the mentioned number is enlarged by 30% to produce 18,404, which would be reasonable. It was also concluded that the density of acupuncture practitioners was 1.31 per 100,000 residents. PMID: 33101576 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101576?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - October 1, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Fan AY, He D, Gu S, Tian H, Ouyang H, Wei H, Gong C, Alemi SF, Zhao X Tags: Med Acupunct Source Type: research