January 3, 2008
Free Drug Samples Help Wealthy Patients More Than the Needy, Study Finds
Free drug samples are often promoted as a way of getting medications into the hands of needy patients, but more often than not the freebies end up lining the medicine cabinets of wealthy and insured patients. That's the conclusion of a study by physicians from Harvard Medical School and one of its teaching affiliates, Cambridge Health Alliance.
A report on the study is scheduled to appear in the February issue of the American
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