A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients?
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Wollins, DS; Zafar, SY
Published in: Oncologist
October 2016
A dramatic rise in the costs of health care—and cancer care in particular—has occurred over the last decade. Increasingly, these costs are being passed on to patients in the form of cost sharing, which can have a catastrophic effect on the financial well-being of patients and their families. This article advises physicians on the importance of patient-provider interaction about costs as a means to improving value in cancer care.
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Oncologist
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EISSN
1549-490X
Publication Date
October 2016
Volume
21
Issue
10
Start / End Page
1157 / 1160
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Quality of Health Care
- Quality Improvement
- Physicians
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Patient Care
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Neoplasms
- Humans
- Health Policy
- Health Expenditures
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Wollins, D. S., & Zafar, S. Y. (2016). A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients? Oncologist, 21(10), 1157–1160. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0207
Wollins, Dana S., and S Yousuf Zafar. “A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients?” Oncologist 21, no. 10 (October 2016): 1157–60. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0207.
Wollins DS, Zafar SY. A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients? Oncologist. 2016 Oct;21(10):1157–60.
Wollins, Dana S., and S. Yousuf Zafar. “A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients?” Oncologist, vol. 21, no. 10, Oct. 2016, pp. 1157–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0207.
Wollins DS, Zafar SY. A Touchy Subject: Can Physicians Improve Value by Discussing Costs and Clinical Benefits With Patients? Oncologist. 2016 Oct;21(10):1157–1160.
Published In
Oncologist
DOI
EISSN
1549-490X
Publication Date
October 2016
Volume
21
Issue
10
Start / End Page
1157 / 1160
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Quality of Health Care
- Quality Improvement
- Physicians
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Patient Care
- Oncology & Carcinogenesis
- Neoplasms
- Humans
- Health Policy
- Health Expenditures