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Rising cost of antiparasitic drugs in U.S increases patient costs, may reduce quality of care – News-Medical.Net

New study finds the skyrocketing cost of drugs in U.S. used to treat hookworm and other soil-transmitted parasites increases patient costs, suggests decreased quality…

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New study finds the skyrocketing cost of drugs in U.S. used to treat hookworm and other soil-transmitted parasites increases patient costs, suggests decreased quality of care
A new study finds that the increasingly high prices in the United States of the drugs used to treat three soil-transmitted helminth infections–hookworm, roundworm (ascariasis), and whipworm (trichuriasis)–is not only the major driver for the increase in costs to patients with either Medicaid or private insurance, but it also…

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