Accuracy of Physician Estimates of Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medication Filling.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

One-third of US residents have trouble paying their medical bills. They often turn to their physicians for help navigating health costs and insurance coverage.

Objective

To determine whether physicians can accurately estimate out-of-pocket expenses when they are given all of the necessary information about a drug's price and a patient's insurance plan.

Design, setting, and participants

This national mail-in survey used a random sample of US physicians. The survey was sent to 900 outpatient physicians (300 each of primary care, gastroenterology, and rheumatology). Physicians were excluded if they were in training, worked primarily for the Veterans Administration or Indian Health Service, were retired, or reported 0% outpatient clinical effort. Analyses were

SUBMITTER: Sloan CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature