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Study: High Prescription Drug Costs Help Lower Other Medical Costs

National News • May 22, 2008
While more than $216 billion is spent on prescription drugs every year, the upside to this high tab is that prescription drugs have contributed to decreases in more expensive hospital care and ...

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Subject: Do they have any more data to support this ?

Posted On: May 22, 2008, 9:34 am CDT
Posted By: the skeptic
Comment:
Seems to me that they are assuming alot - just because one went up and the other went down, doesn't necessarily mean one caused the other. Maybe people were becoming more educated on self-care so they didn't go to the physician as much, or maybe more people were avoiding the dr and hospitals due to the cost, or maybe more people were dying from the side-effects of the prescription drugs so there were less people returning to the doctors and hospitals ! Maybe the prescription drug use was up due to all the advertising and there was no cause/effect on use of doctors or hospitals.
Could be an endless number of possibilities - I don't see how the conclusion stated here is automatic.
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RE: Drug Costs - comment NEB
Jun 13, 2008, 12:55 pm
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May 23, 2008, 12:08 pm
RE: The real reason why WC
May 23, 2008, 9:23 am
RE: RE: RE: Do they have any more data to support this ? lastbat
May 22, 2008, 2:29 pm
RE: DreaD Dread
May 22, 2008, 2:05 pm
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May 22, 2008, 1:14 pm
RE: RE: Do they have any more data to support this ? The Big Dog
May 22, 2008, 12:59 pm
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May 22, 2008, 12:59 pm
RE: Do they have any more data to support this ? Earl
May 22, 2008, 12:52 pm
Do they have any more data to support this ? the skeptic
May 22, 2008, 9:34 am
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