Effects of use of alternative therapies on quality of life and healthcare spending

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-193

  Zhang, James X ^a   Woo, Jean ^b   Lau, Wallace C S ^c   Lee, Polly ^b   Chiu, Peter ^c   Lam, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative Therapies; Costs; Osteoarthritis; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMACH ULCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147219960     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004722     Document Type: Article

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