To determine whether practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique can affect medical expenses. The evaluation was a quasi experimental, longitudinal, cost-minimization study. Province of Quebec, Canada. This study involved 1418 Quebec health insurance enrollees who practiced the TM technique compared with 1418 subjects who were randomly selected from enrollees of the same age, sex,...
This study evaluated whether governmental medical payments in Quebec were affected by the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. This retrospective study used a pre- and postintervention design in which government payments for physicians' services were reviewed for 3 years before and up to 7 years after subjects started the technique. Payment data were adjusted for aging and year-specific...