title: Special report: the value of pharmaceuticals. Better drugs will reduce total health care costs.
abstract: On the basis of expected advances in biomedical technology, in the next quarter century dramatic increases will occur in the number of lives saved. Additionally, the number of patients with disabling diseases will drop considerably.
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D014481:United States