title: [Development of legislation and standardization of acupuncture therapy in the United States of America].
abstract: In the present article, the authors summarized the state of acupuncture therapy in the United States of America from 1) history and current state, 2) legislation and its contents, management system and introduction of health insurance system, and 3) standardization. Acupuncture therapy, as a complementary or alternative therapy, has been widely supported and approved by majority of states in the USA. The authors hold that due to differences between the oriental and western cultures and difficulties of Chinese medicine in quantitative and qualitative studies, the legislation on acupuncture therapy for approval of the American Parliament needs paying more efforts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Medicines, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Shou-Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: You-Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Fan-Hong
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Shu-Juan
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan-Yao
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012015:Reference Standards; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States