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%.