Description
For sample adults aged 18 and over and sample children aged 4-17 who reported using at least one top complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) therapy and use the first CAM therapy to treat specific health conditions, SURG1 reports if the person received surgery for the most important health condition treated by the first top CAM therapy. SURG1 can be paired with CAMTHER1, which reports the corresponding CAM therapy that to treat the most important health condition.
For related variables and more information, please see TABDOM1, or use the search function or IPUMS NHIS drop-down menus.
