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| November 15, 2002 | Silverman, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Physicians might be seeing fewer patients in their waiting rooms as a result of the use of newer medicines. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that using newer drugs saves health care dollars. In the Medicare population alone, replacing older medicines with newer medicines reduces health expenditures more than ...

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