Outcome and costs of homoeopathic and conventional treatment strategies: A comparative cohort study in patients with chronic disorders

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Witt, Claudia ^a   Keil, Thomas ^a   Selim, Dagmar ^a   Roll, Stephanie ^a   Vance, Will ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Costs; Health economics; Homeopathy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144459752     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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