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| March 13, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Normans Media Ltd. 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

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New Haven, Conn. -- A lack of funds to pay for medical treatment and prescriptions is common among heart attack patients and leads to a worse recovery, more angina, poorer quality of life and higher risk of re-hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.

Published in the March 14 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study sought to determine if self-reported financial barriers to health care services or medication were…

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