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The Medical Tourism Assn. in July launched a program to identify medical travel agencies that follow industry best practices.

But the West Palm Beach, Fla.-based trade group’s initiative has drawn fire from hospital accreditation and physician certification organizations who say it could confuse patients seeking reassurance when considering surgery outside the United States.

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Without brand-name drug samples to hand out, physicians are three times more likely to rescribe generic medications for their uninsured patients, according to a study in the Septmber Southern Medical Journal.

The study looked at prescribing habits of 70 doctors at a university-affiliated internal medicine practice in the nine months before and after an office move meant losing access to a secure place to store drug samples.

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