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Biologic Medicines are a Small Share of Health Plan Costs
2/2/2011
For the sickest patients, who are most likely to be treated with biologic medicines, hospital costs are seven times the cost of biologic medicines.
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Medicines Account for a Small Share of Health Spending Differences Between the U.S. and Other Countries
2/2/2011
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Most Americans Use Few or No Medicines -- a Small Share of People Fill the Majority of Prescriptions
2/2/2011
The 20% of people who used medicines the most accounted for two-thirds of all prescriptions filled in 2007.
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Medicines' Changing Role in Recommended Care
2/2/2011
Revisions to clinical guidelines based on the latest research have resulted in appropriate increases in the use of medicines in recent years.
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Failure to Prescribe the Indicated Treatment is the Most Common Prescription Drug Quality Problem
2/2/2011
RAND researchers report that failure to prescribe an indicated treatment is a far more common quality problem that is inappropriate medicine use.
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Diabetes: An Example of Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment
2/2/2011
Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to kidney failure, amputation, blindness and stroke.
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