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January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
More children and working-age Americans are going without prescription drugs because of cost concerns, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
December 13, 2009 | Story
Dominick Frosch says drug ads carry 'significant risks.'
December 9, 2005 | Program Result Report
Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., evaluated the reasons why naltrexone (a medication-based treatment for alcohol abuse and dependence and opiate addiction) is not widely used by physicians and practitioners.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Increases in the prevalence of drug-resistant pneumonia present a major infection control challenge for public health.
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Despite the introduction of a Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit in January 2006, roughly the same proportion of elderly Medicare beneficiaries in 2003 and 2007--about 8 percent--skipped filling at least one prescription drug because of cost concerns, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
February 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
How Useful to Consumers?
February 24, 2011 | Story
In 2003, he received an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research to probe more deeply into pharmaceutical policy at the FDA. The pursuit quickly broadened.
December 21, 2009 | Journal Article
Policy innovations to stimulate drug development succeed, but sometimes with unintended consequences.
January 1, 2005 | Commentary
Previous research has demonstrated that individuals who are severely addicted to cigarettes may have more difficulty quitting, higher rates of relapse and greater risk of smoking-related diseases than lighter smokers. The effectiveness of current to ...
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Pharmacotherapies for smoking reduction and cessation can play a vital role in helping individuals quit smoking. This article summarizes the current rates of smoking and smoking-related disease in the United States, outlines the projected benefits o ...