Reduced Medical Expenses for High-Cost People (IMAGE)
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This chart shows the mean annual total per capita payments to physicians for treating consistent high-cost patients. The TM group’s physician expenses decreased by 28% over five years. The above trend lines show the general behavior of the physician fees for the two groups from the pre-intervention Baseline year through the 5 years of the study. All dollar values were adjusted for inflation and were expressed in constant 1992 Canadian dollars. P-values show the significance of the comparison of Baseline and Last Year for each group. Source: Changes in Physician Costs Among High Cost Transcendental Meditation Practitioners Compared with High Cost Nonpractitioners Over 5 Years, American Journal of Health Promotion, 2011; 26(1): 56–60.
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Center For Health Systems Analysis
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