Comparison of Swiss basic health insurance costs of complementary and conventional medicine

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 315-320

  Studer, Hans Peter ^a   Busato, André ^b  

^a University of Bern ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic medicine; Complementary medicine; Health care costs; Health insurance; Homeopathy; Neural therapy; Outcome study; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; SWITZERLAND;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84455162428     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334797     Document Type: Review

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