Physician consideration of patients' out-of-pocket costs in making common clinical decisions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 663-668

  Pham, Hoangmai H ^a   Alexander, G Caleb ^b   O'Malley, Ann S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247095523     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.7.663     Document Type: Article

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