Allopathic versus Homeopathic Strategies and the Recurrence of Prescriptions : Results from a Pharmacoeconomic Study in Italy
Joint Authors
Basili, Andrea
Lagona, Francesco
Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo
Basili, Corallina
Valeria Paterna, Teresa
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-10-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This is a pharmaeconomic study to assess the impact of different, cost-specific pharmacological strategies on the recurrence rate of prescriptions in the treatment of cold symptoms.
Data were obtained from a prospective cohort study reporting individual prescriptions histories of subjects experiencing cold symptoms, obtained by a stratified random sample of 316 subjects, clustered into 139 Italian families, followed up for 40 months.
Costs of homeopathic and allopathic treatments were recorded within each prescription.
A Cox proportional hazards model with random effects was exploited to regress time elapsed between subsequent prescriptions over the relative difference between homeopathic- and allopathic-related costs, adjusting for age and gender and accounting for unobserved individual heterogeneity.
Relative risks of event (prescription) re-occurrence have been estimated.
The recurrence rate of prescriptions raise when allopathic strategies are preferred to homeopathic alternatives.
No significant differences were observed between gender groups, while age was marginally significant.
Inter-subjects heterogeneity was not significant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Basili, Andrea& Lagona, Francesco& Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo& Basili, Corallina& Valeria Paterna, Teresa. 2010. Allopathic versus Homeopathic Strategies and the Recurrence of Prescriptions : Results from a Pharmacoeconomic Study in Italy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512268
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Basili, Andrea…[et al.]. Allopathic versus Homeopathic Strategies and the Recurrence of Prescriptions : Results from a Pharmacoeconomic Study in Italy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512268
American Medical Association (AMA)
Basili, Andrea& Lagona, Francesco& Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo& Basili, Corallina& Valeria Paterna, Teresa. Allopathic versus Homeopathic Strategies and the Recurrence of Prescriptions : Results from a Pharmacoeconomic Study in Italy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512268
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512268