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When the Richmond Area High Blood Pressure Center treats the medically indigent, the entire community benefits:
We relieve the financial burden on the community by providing care to people who have chronic conditions, preventing inevitable and costly outcomes. We provide prescription drugs for a nominal fee to people who need medications but could not otherwise afford them. We teach people with chronic health problems how to manage their lifestyles to improve overall wellness. This means they miss fewer days from work and employers reduce health-related productivity losses. We relieve the burden on full-service clinics by serving a targeted population with appropriate and efficient care. We reduce costly visits to hospital emergency rooms by people who are uninsured. We provide specialized care and free study medications for qualified individuals involved in our medically supervised research studies. |
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