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The estimated annual cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality resulting from nonoptimized medication therapy is more than half a trillion dollars in the United States

Nonoptimized Drug Therapy Costs More Than $500 Billion Annually

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After initial Rx use, average cost of individual having treatment failure, new medical problem over $2,000
Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for left ventricular hypertrophy

Cigarette Smoking a Risk Factor for Heart Failure in Blacks

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Current smoking linked to higher mean LV mass index, lower mean LV circumferential strain
Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased health care utilization for acute lower respiratory infection

Increased Pollution Exposure Ups Health Care Visits for Acute URI

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Health care use for URI higher within one week of elevated fine particulate matter, especially for infants
Most physician offices do not offer up-front payment flexibility or low-income discounts to uninsured people

Most Doctors’ Offices Don’t Offer Flexibility for Uninsured

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Most uninsured patients can make primary care appointment but only if can pay full cash amount
Women are less likely than men to fill a prescription for high-intensity statins after hospitalization for myocardial infarction

Women Less Likely to Fill Post-MI Statin Prescription

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56 percent of men, 47 percent of women filled high-intensity statin after myocardial infarction
Transplantation of organs from overdose-death donors is associated with similar five-year patient survival and graft survival as organs from trauma-death donors and medical-death donors

Similar Outcomes for Transplant With Overdose-Death Donors

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Outcomes similar for ODD recipients, recipients of organs from trauma-death, medical-death donors
In a position paper published online April 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Recommendations Developed on Gender Equity in Medicine

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ACP supports equitable physician compensation based on comparable work at each stage of career
Costs associated with treating antibiotic-resistant infections have doubled since 2002

It Costs $2.2 Billion a Year to Treat Antibiotic Resistance

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Antibiotic resistance adds $1,383 to the cost of treating a bacterial infection
A non-stigmatizing message about serious mental illness can increase public support for investing in mental health services

Non-Stigmatizing Messages Boost Mental Health Services Support

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Narratives on violence, barriers to treatment equally effective for raising support for additional tax
A soda tax does influence daily consumption of regular soda

Soda Tax Cuts Daily Soda, Energy Drink Consumption

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Findings based on immediate impact following the implementation of Philadelphia's beverage tax