Overcoming barriers to discussing out-of-pocket costs with patients

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 849-850

  Riggs, Kevin R ^a,b   Ubel, Peter A ^c,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COST SHARING; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84902190076     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.853     Document Type: Note

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