High volume acupuncture clinic (HVAC) for chronic knee pain - Audit of a possible model for delivery of acupuncture in the National Health Service

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Berkovitz, Saul ^a   Cummings, Mike ^a   Perrin, Chris ^a   Ito, Rieko ^a  

^a UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic knee pain; Cost effectiveness; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 41649111875     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.26.1.46     Document Type: Review

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