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Trials often fail because of a hasty rush to test drugs in the biggest possible patient group.
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The gold standard for testing medical treatments is the randomized trial, in which patients are randomly assigned to a treatment or control group to spread patient differences evenly and avoid bias in results.
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In the 646-patient study, there were no statistically significant benefits even in this milder group.
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That mandate, contained in Section 2718 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requires that MLRs in the individual and small-group markets exceed 80%, and 85% in the large-group market.
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That means that the German group, if patient, could come in later and buy the Intercontinental and get what it wants without the baggage.
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Cooper has written an emotionally layered story about the frustrating effects of the disease on both patient and caregiver, which opened Tuesday night off-Broadway, in a well-done Transport Group production at the Duke on 42nd Street.
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Becker patients typically don't lose the ability to walk until their 20s and can live into their 50s or longer, although related heart problems can result in death earlier, according to Sharon Hesterlee, vice president of research at Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a patient group.
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The point of the ACO is to create a scenario where a group of physicians, hospitals and other health care workers can work closely together in the care of a patient.
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