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A 10 page review of the research by Michael A. Fischer and Jerry Avorn published in the April 21, 2004 edition of JAMA. These researchers examine prescriptive practices in terms of evidence-based medicine. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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are astronomical in terms of national expenditure. Most of this cost is absorbed by the Medicare/Medicaid system. For several generations now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid
for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these people have depended, however, seems headed for certain doom. Many predict that this system is in danger of
collapsing in the very near future. Considerable effort has been expended in diagnosing the problems that are inherent in this system that destine it for certain collapse. Authors
Michael A. Fischer and Jerry Avorn are among those researchers that have specifically investigate the costs of hypertension drugs. In their April 21, 2004 article published in JAMA
and titled "Economic Implications of Evidence-Based Prescribing for Hypertension: Can Better Care Cost Less?" these authors compare the costs of suboptimal prescribing patterns and calculate the potential savings that
could result if hypertension drugs were prescribed more in accordance with evidence-based recommendations for managing hypertension among the elderly.
Background The background of the Medicare/Medicaid situation is complex to say the least. Health care has changed dramatically
in the past couple of decades. Numerous factors interplay in that change. One of the more important, however, is the evolution of health care delivery systems in the
United States. This evolution has had a definite impact on health care. Some of those impacts have been positive but others have been negative. Obviously, to address
such problems we must use a community approach, a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates not only medical issues but also economics and social fact.
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