Despite a larger one-time procedure cost, surgery patients had roughly $11,689 lower total cost of care over two years than GLP-1 patients in the same claims-based study driven largely by the ongoing cost of ineffective or discontinued GLP-1 courses being replaced by newer, more expensive prescriptions or renewed treatment attempts
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We point out this decline is likely more moderate than concerns and stock reactions imply, they said
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