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Mr Zuma said he was in touch with doctors about visiting Mr Mandela in hospital as soon as possible.
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They cut back on their medical costs by visiting doctors less and taking their prescription medicine less frequently after the co-payment increase, due in part to their fixed incomes.
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Schedules for visiting doctors and taking meds.
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In a detailed 2007 analysis of over 21, 000 hypertensive patients already visiting doctors for hypertension in five Western European nations (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and the United States, the best rate of success was in the United States (63 percent), compared with 31 percent to 46 percent of patients in the European countries.
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Some drug abusers fill their needs by visiting several doctors to obtain many prescriptions to satisfy their addiction, a practice known as doctor shopping.
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The issue of doctor shopping -- visiting numerous doctors to fraudulently get prescription drugs -- has been raised in numerous celebrity deaths, including Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger.
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The filmmaker also makes some philosophical arguments about health care, visiting European countries and interviewing doctors and patients about their government-run systems.
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Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and doctors are happy with his progress, President Jacob Zuma has said after visiting the former leader in hospital.
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