英语培训”领跑者 infections picked up in hospitals. In terms of healthcare costs, the rising use of pharmaceuticals has profound consequences. From 1993 to 1998, for instance, annual drug expenditures in the U.S. nearly doubled from $50.6 billion to $93.4 billion, most of the expenses being borne by third-party payers. Total spending on prescription drugs doubled from 1995 to 2000 and tripled from 1990 to 2000, constituting one of the main factors driving up health care expenditures overall. 230 health workers sentenced for commercial bribery BEIJING -- China has sentenced 230 health workers on charges of commercial bribery and punished 266 others with Party or political disciplines during a nationwide crackdown on health corruption. A total of 790 cases were investigated by the health, supervision and commercial and industrial authorities during August 2005 and July 2006, which involved 57 million yuan (7.1 million U.S. dollars). The authorities have cracked 398 cases, 89.9 percent of which involved purchases of drug and medical equipment and materials, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health on Friday. The people involved in commercial bribery included local health officials, leaders of medical institutions and centers for disease control and prevention. Most of the money involved was related to public bidding of drug purchases and maintenance contracts for medical facilities, the report said. The ministry also revealed five serious cases with the longest sentence up to 12.5 years in prison. The punishments should be taken as a warning and alarm by health workers, it said. China rejects reports of new bird flu strain China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting the existence and spread of a new strain of H5N1 bird flu called Fujian-like virus . The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 20 virus samples were being sent to the US Center for Disease Control, a WHO collaborating centre, raising hopes of a better understanding of how the
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