Table 1. Baseline characteristics of all patients.

Data include the mean (SD) or the number of persons (%).

	Homeopathy (n = 22275)	Control (n = 22275)
Women (n)	14992 (67.3)	14968 (67.2)
Age (years)	33.85 (20.0)	34.2 (20.1)
Sick leave days previous 12 months	9.58 (35.4)	10.17 (36.4)
Hospital stays previous 12 months	0.23 (0.7)	0.21 (0.6)
Cumulated number of prescriptions previous 12 months (SD)	6.93 (10.5)	7.49 (17.7)
Cumulated costs previous 12 months
Total	1851 (5365)	1855 (5170)
Medication	304.1 (2884)	318.9 (2453)
Inpatient	556.8 (3057)	554.5 (3142)
Diagnosis (n)
Other	13479 (60.5)	13479 (60.5)
Mental and behavioural (F)	9131 (41.0)	8652 (38.8)
Depressive disorder (F33)	3072 (13.8)	3072 (13.8)
Migraine (G43)	889 (4.0)	889 (4.0)
Respiratory system (J)	12022 (54.0)	12063 (54.2)
Allergic rhinitis (J30)	1137 (5.1)	1137 (5.1)
Asthma (J45)	1247 (5.6)	1247 (5.6)
Atopic dermatitis (L20)	1488 (6.7)	1488 (6.7)
Musculoskeletal system (M)	10070 (45.2)	10080 (45.3)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R)	10321 (46.3)	10221 (47.4)
Headache (R51)	963 (4.3)	963 (4.3)
State of residence (n)
Abroad	36 (0.2)	25 (0.1)
Baden-Wuerttemberg	3272 (14.7)	2281 (10.2)
Bavaria	2922 (13.1)	2438 (10.9)
Berlin	2256 (10.1)	1965 (8.8)
Brandenburg	432 (1.9)	546 (2.5)
Bremen	279 (1.3)	172 (0.8)
Hamburg	1274 (5.7)	1042 (4.7)
Hesse	1860 (8.4)	2027 (9.1)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	236 (1.1)	386 (1.7)
Lower Saxony	2115 (9.5)	2326 (10.4)
North-Rhine Westphalia	4162 (18.7)	5812 (26.1)
Rhineland-Palatinate	878 (3.9)	974 (4.4)
Saarland	199 (0.9)	206 (0.9)
Saxony	415 (1.9)	437 (2.0)
Saxony-Anhalt	133 (0.6)	308 (1.4)
Schleswig-Holstein	1512 (6.8)	1046 (4.7)
Thuringia	294 (1.3)	284 (1.3)