According to the report provided by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, 2011 was a significant for drug industry, which achieved great results. Nevertheless, the investigations conducted by the research group that examined medical industry show the disappointingfact that medical service is still expensive for many Americans. The quantity of prescriptions was reduced by 1.1% and doctors’ services dropped by 4.7% in comparison with 2010. Patients neglected the prescription drugs and didn’t visit doctors and as the result, in 2011 it led to the growth of visits to the emergency room by 7.4 percent. One of the reasons of this sad fact is that a person loses the health insurance in case of long-term unemployment.
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