Synopsis by HRI of ‘Cost-effectiveness analysis for SilAtro-5-90 adjuvant treatment in the management of recurrent tonsilitis, compared with usual care only’ Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2021;19:60. Ostermann T, Park A-L, De Jaegere S et al. Synopsis | Synopsis (FR) | Zusammenfassungen | Full Text

Home About HRI HRI Research Resources News Events Support HRI Contact Us Issue 54 Spring 2024 HRI Greece 2025 Save the date! We are delighted to announce that our next conference will take place in Greece’s beautiful second city, at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, from 20-22 June 2025. The call for abstracts will be […]

Health economic research aims to establish a scientific basis for efficient distribution of limited healthcare and financial resources, whilst also ensuring a consistent delivery of high-quality care to patients. The health economic methods used to assess cost-effectiveness of conventional medical treatments can also be applied to homeopathy. A  published in 2024 provides an overview of […]

To date, there have been 12 main studies assessing the safety of homeopathic medicine, 11 of which found homeopathy to be a low risk intervention: an Editorial2, an audit3, a prospective study4, a cross-sectional study5, an Organisation report6, and a literature review11, all concluded that homeopathy is ‘safe’. Furthermore, five out of six have concluded […]

Cost-effectiveness of homeopathy – several scientific studies have investigated this subject. In this ninth issue of our “Study Highlights series”, we present a recently published systematic review which provides an up-to-date overview of the cost-effectiveness of homeopathy. This review found that homeopathy showed similar or better clinical effectiveness compared to the control groups in 21 […]

To healthcare providers, patients and clinicians, what matters most is not necessarily how well a treatment performs under the artificially controlled conditions of a randomised controlled trial (RCT), but the results seen in clinical practice. Evidence from ‘uncontrolled observational studies‘ provides insight into changes in patients who have received treatment provided by homeopaths. These studies consistently […]

Berlin, 28 Apr 2023 – Homeopathy works beyond the placebo effect – numerous high-quality scientific studies demonstrate this. In our “Study Highlights series” we present examples of research which show the effectiveness of homeopathy beyond the placebo effect. In this fifth issue we describe a study from 2010 which compares the effect of a homeopathic […]

What is this project about? This project aims to identify and map studies that assess the effectiveness of homeopathy in fever management. This scoping review will provide a narrative account of findings from the existing literature, highlighting future areas for systematic review. Lead researcher Dr Sabina Vatter PhD RSHom Researcher Dr Sabina Vatter works as a […]

Lead Researcher – Dr Philippa Fibert What is this project about? This project was a continuation of the ADHD case series – the next step was a feasibility study consisting of a pilot randomised controlled trial. The feasibility of using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design for a controlled trial was explored. Key elements of […]

What is this project about? This project aims to assess the effectiveness of homeopathy for Acute Otitis Media (AOM) in terms of symptom relief and reduced antibiotic consumption. This study will provide patients, practitioners and stakeholders with clear, comprehensive and objective information for a condition routinely treated with homeopathy. We will conduct a systematic review […]