The aim of this healthcare research project is to evaluate the effects of routine inpatient TCIM (Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine) care in Germany. The focus is on the TCIM centers at Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Klinikum Bamberg und Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, where inpatient TCIM therapies are to be systematically evaluated. This form of therapy, which is reimbursed by statutory health insurance providers (under certain conditions), is based on a combination of various evidence-based TCIM approaches. These include hyperthermia, exercise therapy, Mind-Body Medicine, phytotherapy, nutritional therapy, fasting therapy inter alia.
Beginning (first 24 hours) inpatient TCIM treatment at Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Bamberg Hospital, or Evangelische Kliniken Essen-Mitte
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Charite University, Berlin, Germany
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Universität Tübingen
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Universität Duisburg-Essen
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Sozialstiftung Bamberg
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