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Research: HEUSSER, University of
Listed in Issue 64
Abstract
HEUSSER, University of Bern, Kollegiale Instanz fur Komplementarmedizin KIKOM, Inselspital, Switzerland commented on a study by Sommer et al, recently reported in Complementary Therapies in Medicine, that looked into the costs and effectiveness of complementary medicine made available within Switzerland's mandatory basic health insurance provisions.
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Conclusion
Heusser proposes more practice-related, non-experimental study designs to realistically answer these questions.
References
Heusser P. Commentary on Sommer et al. 'A randomized experiment of the effects of including alternative medicine in the mandatory benefit package of health insurance'. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 8 (1): 50-3. Mar 2000.
