Counting the cost of complementary and alternative therapies in an Irish neurological clinic

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1380-1383

  Murphy, S M ^a,b   Rogers, A ^b   Hutchinson, M ^b   Tubridy, N ^b  

^a Elm Park ^*  (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alternative; Clinic; Complementary; Cost; Neurological; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049096261     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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