Published 16 June 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2438
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2438

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Bankruptcies from medical bills in US rise by 50%: Nearly two thirds of bankruptcies in the United States in 2007 were linked to illness and medical bills. The number rose by 50% from the 2001 figure, a study in the American Journal of Medicine found (doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.04.012). More than three quarters of people were insured at the start of the bankrupting illness, the study says.

Number of specialist doctors in Iraq falls: A study of doctors who left 12 tertiary hospitals in Iraq shows that the number of specialists in the hospitals fell from 1243 in 2004 to 1166 in 2007, 94% of the original number (Social Science & Medicine doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.021). Of the specialists leaving for whom details were available, 61% left the country and 39% went elsewhere in Iraq.

FDA is to regulate tobacco: The US House of Representatives and the Senate have voted to . . . [Full text of this article]


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