Do physicians consider your out-of-pocket costs?

A study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) and the University of Chicago Hospitals indicates that:

While almost 80 percent of physicians consider patient costs when prescribing a generic over a brand-name drug, far fewer consider patient costs when deciding what diagnostic tests to recommend (40.2%) or deciding whether to hospitalize a patient when outpatient treatment is an option (51.2%), the study found.

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