Statistical Source and Year of Reference | Incidence of Recourse |
ISTAT (1996-99) | 9 million Italians use CAM (15.5% of the population). |
ABACUS (2003) | 30.0% of Italians are familiar with the term Non-Conventional Medicines (CAM). |
DOXA (2003) | 23.0% of the population use CAM. |
ISPO (2003) | 65.0% of the population is familiar with the term Non-Conventional Medicines (CAM) and know about them. |
FORMAT (2003) | 31.7% of Italians have used CAM at least once; 23.4% use them regularly. |
CENSIS (2003) | 50.0% of Italians consider CAM useful; over 70.0% are in favor of their being refunded by the National Health System; 65.0% would like more control over them by the National Health Service. |
Menniti-Ippolito et al. (2004) | 15.6% of Italians use CAM (Homeopathy 8.2%, Manual Therapies 7%, Phytotherapy 4.8%, Acupuncture 2.9%, another kind of treatments 1.3%). |
ISTAT (2005) | 8 million Italians use CAM (13.6% of the population). |
EURISPES (Rapporto Italia 2006) | 10.6% of the population choose CAM. |
Osservatorio Scienza Tecnologia e Società, under the Centro Ricerche Observa-Science in Society, published as Nova in Il Sole 24 ore (24 07.12.2006) | One Italian in three at least occasionally uses homeopathic products to treat their problems. |
CENSIS (2008) | 23.4% have used CAM in the course of the last year (especially Homeopathy and Phytotherapy). |
EURISPES (Rapporto Italia 2010) | Over 11 million opt for CAM treatments (18.5% of the population). |
Health Monitor CompuGroup Medical-Il Sole 24 Ore Sanità (2011) | Around 52.0% of general practitioners recommend their patients to use homeopathic medicines. |
EURISPES (Rapporto Italia 2012) | 14.5% of the population resort to CAM. |
DOXAFARMA (May 2012) | 82.5% say they have heard of homeopathic medicines; 16.2% have used them at least once in the last year. |
ISTAT “Tutela della salute e accesso alle cure. The year 2013.” (published 11 July 2014b) | Recourse to CAM has dropped by half since 2000, from 15.8% to 8.2%. Use of homeopathic remedies fell from 7.0% to 4.1% between 2005 and 2013. |
EURISPES (Rapporto Italia 2017) | Recourse to CAM has increased from 14.5% to 21.2%. |