Integrative and complementary medicine among cancer patients: At what price?

Aminah Jatoi

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2011.06.005

Integrative and complementary medicine among cancer patients: At what price?

Aminah Jatoi

Medical Oncology

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Abstract

Cancer patients frequently utilize integrative and complementary approaches. Indeed, patients are paying as much as $34 billion a year out-of-pocket for such approaches in the United States. This review discusses whether such therapies are ever cost-effective, provides some data on how much money individual patients appear to be spending, and suggests general guidelines on how healthcare providers may want to broach such issues with cancer patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e139-e141
Journal	European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2011.06.005
State	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

Cancer
Cost
Integrative medicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Complementary and alternative medicine

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Integrative and complementary medicine among cancer patients: At what price?

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