Does homeopathy reduce the cost of conventional drug prescribing? A study of comparative prescribing costs in general practice

Homeopathy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Jain, Asha ^a,b  

^a Kingfisher   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conventional drugs; Costs; Diversity; Efficacy; General Practice; Homeopathy; Medical conditions; Remedies; Side effects

Indexed keywords

DRUG; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERPES ZOSTER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONEY; PRESCRIPTION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0037397452     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-4916(03)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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