A prescription for cutting health care costs.
The pharmaceutical's link to home care is basic: prescription drugs keep patients at home instead of in institutions. For example, drugs keep Alzheimer's disease patients more alert and thus better able to function and perhaps to stay home longer. Although prescription drugs may be expensive, their long-range cost is lower than institutionalization.
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