[Omeo33] Art 1230 - Homeopathy, 2011, 100 (4), 212-219

[Gino Santini]

Measuring the effectiveness of homeopathic care through objective and  
shared indicators
Laura Leone, Maria Marchitiello, Michela Natilli, Maria Francesca Romano

Objective - To test a methodology to evaluate, at population level,  
the effectiveness of homeopathic treatment through standard objective  
public health indicators.
Methods and settings - Indicators of hospitalization and drug use were  
obtained from the Health Statistical Documentation System of Tuscany  
for two homeopathic centers in the Local Health Authority of Pisa,  
Italy. We compared homeopathic users with the general population in  
the same area and by comparing patients before and after homeopathic  
treatment.
Results - The homeopathic patients used less drugs than the reference  
population, this effect was more evident for patients with repeated  
homeopathic consultations. A significant decrease in drug use was  
found on comparing the same patients before and after homeopathic  
treatment. Hospitalization indicators tended to favour patients who  
had received homeopathic treatment but were not always statistically  
significant.
Conclusions - This paper demonstrates a new methodological approach to  
assess the effectiveness of a therapeutic modality, without ad-hoc  
clinical trials. This methodology can be used by public health  
institutions in which non-conventional medicines are integrated into  
the public health care system.

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