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From the Geriatric Cardiology Section, Division of Cardiology (M.W.R., V.B., C.W.), and the Behavioral Medicine Section, Department of Psychiatry (K.E.F., R.M.C.), Jewish Hospital at Washington University; and the Department of Economics, Washington University (C.L.L.) — both in St. Louis.

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