Research shows 70% reduction in health care expenses of elderly people
practising Transcendental Meditation
Ask the Doctors
23 July 2011
Another in a series of peer-reviewed, scientific research studies investigates
how the Transcendental Meditation program lowers health-care costs.
The second study to be considered in this series—a study of Transcendental
Meditation participants over the age of 65—investigated whether the
Transcendental Meditation technique can reduce medical expenditures in the
elderly.
Payments to physicians for treating 163 Transcendental Meditation practitioners
over the age of 65 were compared with those for 163 control subjects matched
for age, sex and other factors.
The TM group's five-year cumulative reduction in payments to physicians was 70%
less than the control group's.
This is especially significant because the elderly account for
disproportionately higher expenses than the rest of the population. Rising
costs for health care for the elderly are a major concern for governments and
health insurance providers throughout the world.
Reference: Herron, R.E. Cavanaugh, K. Can the Transcendental Meditation Program
Reduce the Medical Expenditures of Older People? A Longitudinal Cost Reduction
Study in Canada. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 2005, 17: 415-442.
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