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Access to new antiobesity medications is severely limited despite their potential to combat obesity.
Practitioners should be aware of the barriers to access for new antiobesity medications.
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Despite the potential of new medications to combat America's obesity crisis, access to these agents is severely limited.
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Addressing insurance‐related barriers to novel antiobesity medications: Lessons to be learned from bariatric surgery
Hamlet Gasoyan et al. · Obesity · 2022
DOI 10.1002/oby.23556
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