A 6-year comparative economic evaluation of healthcare costs and mortality rates of Dutch patients from conventional and CAM GPs

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Baars, Erik W ^a,b   Kooreman, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE COST; REPLICATION STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84930513236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005332     Document Type: Article

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