Barriers to patient-physician communication about out-of-pocket costs

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 856-860

  Alexander, G Caleb ^a,b   Casalino, Lawrence P ^a   Tseng, Chien Wen ^d,e   McFadden, Diane ^a   Meltzer, David O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Out of pocket costs; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143100381     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30249.x     Document Type: Article

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