title: $75K can get seven times that in free meds when hospitals know the system.
abstract: Take advantage of drug companies' patient assistance programs. Hospitals share how they get needy patients free or reduced-cost drugs from manufacturers. The effort is money well spent, program coordinators say. Not only are patients helped, but also the hospital's standing in the community is improved and, possibly, so is its bottom line, if admissions admissions are averted.
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D016527:Drug Costs; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008483:Medical Assistance; D010349:Patient Compliance; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations