Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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... cost of medical care has gone up faster than the average cost of all goods and services in the consumer price index . Prescription and drug costs have risen the least . Over - the - counter drug prices have actually fallen , but the ...
... cost of medical care has gone up faster than the average cost of all goods and services in the consumer price index . Prescription and drug costs have risen the least . Over - the - counter drug prices have actually fallen , but the ...
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... costs increased three times faster than the number of people served . In the last four years hospital insurance benefits have almost doubled in cost , and physicians ' fees have increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 ...
... costs increased three times faster than the number of people served . In the last four years hospital insurance benefits have almost doubled in cost , and physicians ' fees have increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 ...
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... costs are shooting up , 50 The phenomenal rise in cost of health services in the United States has been explained in different ways : some blame irrational planning , 51 others the higher cost of the new gimmicks that people want in ...
... costs are shooting up , 50 The phenomenal rise in cost of health services in the United States has been explained in different ways : some blame irrational planning , 51 others the higher cost of the new gimmicks that people want in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
Copyright | |
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