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The impact of diabetes on prescription drug costs: the population-based Turin study.

G G Bruno, L L Karaghiosoff, F F Merletti, G G Costa, M M De Maria, F F Panero, O O Segre, P P Cavallo-Perin, and R R Gnavi

Diabetologia 51(5):795-801 (2008) PMID 18317724

The aim of our study was to compare prescription drug costs in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals in a large population-based Italian cohort covered by the National Health System.

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0957-4
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