German Study

[Gaby Rottler]

Hi Elizabeth,
here's the abstract:
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Complement Ther Med. 2005 Jun;13(2):79-86.
Outcome and costs of homoeopathic and conventional treatment strategies:
A comparative cohort study in patients with chronic disorders.

Witt C, Keil T, Selim D, Roll S, Vance W, Wegscheider K, Willich SN.

Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics,
Charite University Medical Center, 10098 Berlin, Germany.

OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate the effectiveness of homoeopathy versus
conventional treatment in routine care.
DESIGN:: Comparative cohort study.
SETTING:: Patients with selected chronic diagnoses were enrolled in
medical practice.
INTERVENTIONS:: Conventional treatment or homeopathy.
OUTCOME MEASURES:: Severity of symptoms assessed by patients and
physicians (visual rating scale, 0-10) at baseline, 6 and 12 months and
costs.
RESULTS:: The analyses of 493 patients (315 adults, 178 children)
indicated greater improvement in patients' assessments after
homoeopathic versus conventional treatment (adults: homeopathy from 5.7
to 3.2; conventional, 5.9-4.4; p=0.002; children from 5.1 to 2.6 and
from 4.5 to 3.2). Physician assessments were also more favourable for
children who had received homoeopathic treatment (4.6-2.0 and 3.9-2.7;
p<0.001). Overall costs showed no significant differences between both
treatment groups (adults, 2155 versus 2013, p=0.856; children, 1471
versus 786, p=0.137).
CONCLUSION:: Patients seeking homoeopathic treatment had a better
outcome overall compared with patients on conventional treatment,
whereas total costs in both groups were similar.

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Best,

Gaby

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Gaby Rottler
Germany
rottler@curantur.de

http://www.curantur.de
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[E Wighton]

Thank you so much Gaby!

Cheers, Elizabeth