Physician-patient communication regarding patients’ healthcare costs in the us: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-160

  Meluch, Andrea L ^a   Oglesby, Willie H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Healthcare costs; Out of pocket costs; Patient non adherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949569917     PISSN: 17538068     EISSN: 17538076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753807615Y.0000000010     Document Type: Article

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