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Health costs in anthroposophic therapy users: a two-year prospective cohort study.

Harald J HJ Hamre, Claudia M CM Witt, Anja A Glockmann, Renatus R Ziegler, Stefan N SN Willich, and Helmut H Kiene

BMC Health Serv Res (2006) PMID 16749921 PMCID 1513220

Anthroposophic therapies (counselling, special medication, art, eurythmy movement, and rhythmical massage) aim to stimulate long-term self-healing processes, which theoretically could lead to a reduction of healthcare use. In a prospective two-year cohort study, anthroposophic therapies were followed by a reduction of chronic disease symptoms and improvement of quality of life. The purpose of this analysis was to describe health costs in users of anthroposophic therapies.

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-65
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