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

Journal of General Internal Medicine
G Caleb AlexanderDavid O Meltzer

Abstract

Though many patients and physicians believe that they should discuss out-of-pocket costs, research suggests that they infrequently do. To examine barriers preventing patient-physician communication about out-of-pocket costs among study subjects recalling a time when they wanted to discuss these costs but did not do so. Cross-sectional surveys of 133 general internists and 484 of their patients from 3 academic and 18 community practices in a large midwestern metropolitan region. Patient- and physician-reported barriers to discussing out-of-pocket costs. Overall, 54 patients (11%) and 27 physicians (20%) were able to recall a specific time when they wanted to discuss out-of-pocket costs but did not do so. Among patients, a wide variety of barriers were reported including their own discomfort (19%), insufficient time (13%), a belief that their physician did not have a viable solution (11%), and concerns about the impact of discussions on quality of care (9%). Among physicians, the most common barriers reported were insufficient time (67%) and a belief that they did not have a solution to offer (19%). Efforts to promote discussions of out-of-pocket costs should emphasize the legitimacy of patients' concerns and brief actionable alt...Continue Reading

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