Homeopathy in Healthcare – Effectiveness, Appropriateness, Safety, Costs An HTA report on homeopathy as part of the Swiss Complementary Medicine Evaluation Programme /

This volume includes the full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report on effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homoeopathy in health care. The report was commissioned by the Swiss health authorities to inform decision-making on the further inclusion of homoeopathy in the list of serv...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bornhöft, Gudrun (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Matthiessen, Peter F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Background and objectives of the HTA
  • Introduction to the specialty of homoeopathy principles and definition
  • Homoeopathy: research and research problems
  • General problems with clinical trials in research
  • HTA homoeopathy – methods and material
  • International utilization of complementary medical approaches
  • CAM conditions and use in Switzerland
  • Overview of systematic reviews on the clinical efficacy of homoeopathy
  • Clinical studies on the effectiveness of homoeopathy for the indication URTI/A (Upper respiratory tract infections and Allergic Reactions)
  • Safety of homoeopathic use
  • Cost-effectiveness of homoeopathy.-Full discussion of HTA results.