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Complementary health care: a welcome addition to an employee benefits program.

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One up-and-coming approach to controlling health care costs is complementary health care, which does not rely on advances in high-tech, invasive technology or expensive new pharmaceuticals, but rather focuses much more on the high-touch, direct ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2003Sep in Journal: Empl Benefits J (Language : eng)

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1. Empl Benefits J. 2003 Sep;28(3):30-4

Complementary health care: a welcome addition to an employee benefits program.

DeVries G

One up-and-coming approach to controlling health care costs is complementary health care, which does not rely on advances in high-tech, invasive technology or expensive new pharmaceuticals, but rather focuses much more on the high-touch, direct practitioner care. It often offers lower cost alternatives to traditional medicine.

PMID : 12964530 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]

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Complementary Therapies - economics
Cost Control
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Benefit Plans, Employee - organization & administration
Health Promotion
Humans
Life Style
Power (Psychology)
United States

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