An analysis of sickness absence in chronically ill patients receiving Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A longterm prospective intermittent study

Table 1 Specifically approved Complementary and Alternative Medicine Procedures*

Diagnostic Procedures	Therapeutic Procedures
holistic anamnese (up to 1 hour)	acupuncture
decoder	electric acupuncture (except: according to Voll)
„Lüscher" test	neuraltherapy
regulation thermography	homoeopathy
electric acupuncture (not by Voll)	colon therapy
	oxygen therapies except: oxyon-, hyperbaric oxygen- and oxygen multistep-therapy
	manual therapy
	reflexzone therapy
	orthomolecular medicine
	isotherapy
	symbiosis regulation

* Especially for this project approved procedures, most of them outside of the regular health insurance reimbursement system. Further procedures like phytotherapy, face time were regular procedures regarding reimbursement at that timenot needing special approval.

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