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...rcent lesstime with patients over 18. This was the case even when dermatologists wereseeing a patient for the first time. Given that "time is money," Feldman said, there is only one logicalconclusion to be drawn from these studies: "If you're trying to run a managedcare system and utilize your physician ...Improved Ritalin™ Offers Smaller Doses And Fewer Side Effects
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... metastatic breast cancer patients, that isnot the case for patients with earlier stage disease because of how thesepatients are selected for transplant, Berry said. Therefore only patients withproven metastatic disease and who were treated accordingly were included in thegroup's analysis. The study was c...Mayo Clinic Study Finds Costs For Cancer Clinical Trials Comparable To Costs For Standard Treatment
...ch casewas followed with its corresponding control case for up to five years followingthe date of clinical trial entry for case subjects or from an equivalent datefor control subjects. Hospital, physician and ancillary service ...Less Toxic Bone Marrow Transplant Technique May Have More Powerful Anti-Cancer Effect
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... theUnited States each year, a savings of $150 per case is a lot of money," Dextersaid. "Right now, you hear about how managed care companies are interested indecreasing pharmaceutical costs. The savings to be gained from changes in eachpatient's scheduling are more than twice as much as the total costs o...