Investigation and Analysis of the Key Objectives of WFAS “Technical Specifications of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: General Rules for the Drafting”

Table 8

Investigation result of the factors to be considered in improving the international applicability of General Rules.

Ordering	Options and opinions	Selection frequency	Percentage (%)
1	Differences in laws and regulations of different countries	44	86.27
2	Differences in the qualifications of practitioners in different countries	43	84.31
3	Differences in demand of different countries	37	72.55
4	Differences in the policy of medical insurance payment systems in different countries on acupuncture-moxibustion	36	70.59
5	Differences in the understanding and positioning of acupuncture-moxibustion techniques in different countries	35	68.63
6	Differences in acupuncture-moxibustion techniques preferred by different countries	34	66.67
7	Differences in environments of different countries	34	66.67
8	Differences in the definition of tolerance in different countries	28	54.90
9	Other	3	5.88