![]() Our viewpoint should not be limited by the double-blind, placebo-controlled outcome trial that evaluates the effectiveness of a single agent against a single variable. In evaluating outcomes from a functional medicine viewpoint, we also need to consider multiple variables. These two may be more appropriate considerations for decision making. We want to determine if the functional medicine approach is both more cost-effective and more beneficial to patients in terms of long-term improvements in functional ability. That definition moves us beyond the differential diagnosis model, the histopathology model of disease.įrom a functional medicine perspective, we examine outcome-based studies to see the relationship between multivariate interventions and multivariate outcomes in patients. We define functional medicine as the field of health care that focuses on assessment and early intervention into the improvement of physiological, cognitive, emotional, and physical functioning. ![]() ![]() ![]() We have been discussing the cost/benefit (to the patient and to the economic system) of healthcare delivery from a functional medicine perspective. Welcome to Functional Medicine Update™ for July, 1998. ![]()
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