Open AccessPatient-Physician Communication About Out-of-Pocket Costs
Author(s) -
G. Caleb Alexander,
Lawrence P. Casalino,
David Meltzer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.290.7.953
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , health care , indirect costs , cost–benefit analysis , metropolitan area , ecology , business , accounting , pathology , economics , biology , economic growth
Out-of-pocket costs account for approximately one fifth of health care expenditures and are increasing. Previous research suggests that these costs are associated with medication nonadherence and considerable economic burden among some patients. Little is known about patient-physician communication regarding these costs.
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