The History of Inpatient Care in German Departments Focussing on Natural Healing

Table 2

Evaluation of inpatient naturopathy in history.

Author	Year	Institution analysed	Method
Grote and Brauchle [25, 26]	1935–1938	Rudolf Heß hospital in Dresden	Descriptive dialogues, outlining of methods, and clinical case results
		Naturopathic hospital at Berlin, Lichterfelde (1900)	Historical descriptive, outlining of methods, and analysis of admitting physicians
		Naturopathic hospital at the Charité, Berlin (1920)
		Naturopathic hospital at Jena university (1924)
Kusche [16]	1955	Mahlow hospital at Berlin (1927)
		Rudolf Heß hospital in Dresden (1934)
		Hospital at Murnau (1932)
		Department of naturopathy at the Ochsenzoll hospital, Hamburg (1953)
		Naturopathic hospital at Berlin, Lichterfelde
Dieckhoefer [31]	1987	Naturopathic hospital at the Charité, Berlin	Historical narrative/descriptive
		Naturopathic hospital at Jena university
Kühn et al. [33]	1995	Naturopathic department at Moabit hospital/Berlin 1987	Historical description, outlining of therapeutic concepts, and academic teaching
Krauß [27]	1987	Rudolf Heß hospital in Dresden (1934)	Retrospective two-armed cohort study, analysis of duration of stay and average costs of medication
Melchart et al. [34]	1999	Dermatologic Hospital at Höhenkirchen 1994-1995	Prospective, one-armed cohort study, subjective estimation of symptom severity by patients
Melchart and Saller [35]	2002	None	Theoretical concepts
Beer et al. [36–38]	2001-2002	Naturopathic department at Blankenstein hospital, Hattingen	Prospective, one-armed cohort study, standardized questionnairies, statistical evaluation
Beer et al. [39]	2005	Comparison of regional hospitals including Blankenstein hospital, Hattingen, treating orthopedic diseases	Prospective, multicenter, standardised questionnairies and statistical evaluation
		Naturopathic department at Blankenstein hospital, Hattingen	Prospective, multicenter, 3-armed cohort study, standardised questionnairies, statistical evaluation
Wiebelitz et al. [40]	2011	Orthopedic department, St. Josef hospital, university of Bochum
		Rheumatologic department, St. Elisabeth hospital, university of Bochum
Lauche et al. [41]	2012	Hospital for True Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine, Essen university	Prospective, one-armed cohort study, standardized questionnairies, statistical evaluation