Paying for Alternative Medicine
The Role of Health Insurers
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9760951 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Robert Tillman (0000-0002-6843-2518, St. John's University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2002 |
| Volumen | 583 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 64-75 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716202583001005 |
| OpenAlex | W4250177777 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 7 |
| Referencias citadas | 12 |
In the early 1990s, Americans spent an estimated $27 billion on alternative medical treatments. However, most of those expenditures were paid out of pocket rather than by health insurers. This article reviews empirical studies of third-party coverage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the factors behind the reluctance of health insurers to provide benefits for those treatments. This reluctance is based on three principal factors: a lack of scientific evidence supporting CAM providers' claims of medical efficacy, the absence of credentialing standards for many CAM providers, and difficulties in fitting CAM treatments into typological schemes that determine levels of reimbursement by health insurers. Possibilities for overcoming these obstacles to the integration of CAM into the American system of health insurance are discussed
Actuarial science · Alternative medicine · Business · Credentialing · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Health care · Health insurance · Medical education · Principal (computer security · Public economics · Reimbursement · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Computer Science · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy · Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
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| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,3 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 7 |