Changes in physician costs among high-cost transcendental meditation practitioners compared with high-cost nonpractitioners over 5 years

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-60

  Herron, Robert E ^a  

^a Center for Health Systems Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Care Costs; Meditation; Mind Body; Physician Expenditures; Prevention Research; Stress Reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855744751     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100729-ARB-258     Document Type: Article

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