Empl Benefits J. 2003 Sep; 28(3): 30-4.

Complementary health care: a welcome addition to an employee benefits program.

DeVries G.

One up-and-coming approach to controlling health care costs is complementary health care, which does not rely on advances in high-tech, invasive technology or expensive new pharmaceuticals, but rather focuses much more on the high-touch, direct practitioner care. It often offers lower cost alternatives to traditional medicine.