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Mr. Jimenez said Novartis plans to innovate for the country's growing chronic-disease problems and this year will launch three new drugs in China, one of them the diabetes treatment Galvus.
Novartis Aims to Recover Pace in China Laurie Burkitt 2011
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Preventive services and chronic-disease management
States Told They Can Decide on Coverage by Health Plans Louise Radnofsky 2011
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In return, those doctors will have to meet requirements including some form of 24-hour access for patients and keeping a registry to monitor chronic-disease care.
An Rx? Pay More to Family Doctors Christopher Weaver 2012
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With a worsening shortage of primary-care doctors, many clinics are increasingly offering medical services such as physicals and ongoing chronic-disease management.
At the Mall: New Clinics Let Patients Skip the ER Laura Landro 2011
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If the average weight of Americans simply returned to early 1990s levels, the reduction in chronic-disease costs would boost our economy annually by an estimated $1 trillion -- at no cost to the government.
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These include requiring insurance for wellness and chronic-disease management; requiring all insurance companies to maintain electronic medical records; and transparent state market exchanges, with customer-friendly "help" agencies in each state.
Lanny Davis: A Plan for Universal Coverage, Private Market Competition -- And Reduced Deficits 2009
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There are cases when co-pays work too well: Studies show they deter some chronic-disease sufferers from taking necessary medicines.
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While I agree that the president's current efforts will fail to cut health-care spending, following guidelines of preventive health and chronic-disease management by patients and physicians "sacredly bonded" is the only logical recipe for success.
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Nightly TV newscasts mix special reports on chronic-disease treatment with advertisements for pharmaceuticals and other health-care products.
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The effort amounts to a bet that investment in local groups is the best way to attack seemingly intractable problems with chronic-disease care and racial disparities.
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